Index: leahi_dialin/dd/modules/alarms.py
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diff -u -r6d104d3185ac3ed7c18c97ecdc13fd59bf53a8d1 -r27cd8e0e7b47617083e8c12f73306f0ba648e687
--- leahi_dialin/dd/modules/alarms.py	(.../alarms.py)	(revision 6d104d3185ac3ed7c18c97ecdc13fd59bf53a8d1)
+++ leahi_dialin/dd/modules/alarms.py	(.../alarms.py)	(revision 27cd8e0e7b47617083e8c12f73306f0ba648e687)
@@ -79,16 +79,7 @@
         @param message:  published DD alarm activation message
         @return: none
         """
-        # Local variables
-        alarm_id:int
-        data_typ_1:int
-        data_1:int
-        data_typ_2:int
-        data_2:int
-        priority:int
-        rank:int
-        clr_top_only:int
-        
+        result = {}
         msg_list = []
         msg_list.append(('alarm_id',        DataTypes.U32))
         msg_list.append(('data_typ_1',      DataTypes.U32))
@@ -106,23 +97,22 @@
             if isinstance(msg_detail[1], DataTypes):
                 unpack_attrib = msg_detail[1].unpack_attrib()
             else:
-                data_type_val:int
-                exec(f'data_type_val = {msg_detail[1]}')
-                unpack_attrib = DataTypes(data_type_val).unpack_attrib()
-            value = struct.unpack(unpack_attrib,bytearray(message['message'][start_pos:end_pos]))[0]
-            exec(f'{msg_detail[0]} = {value}')
+                unpack_attrib = DataTypes(result[msg_detail[1]]).unpack_attrib()
+                
+            value = struct.unpack(unpack_attrib, bytearray(message['message'][start_pos:end_pos]))[0]
+            result[msg_detail[0]] = value
             i += 1
 
-        self.logger.debug("Alarm ID: %d %d %d" % (alarm_id[0], data_1[0], data_2[0]))
-        self.alarm_states[alarm_id] = True
-        self.alarm_conditions[alarm_id] = True
-        self.alarm_priorities[alarm_id] = priority
-        self.alarm_ranks[alarm_id] = rank
-        self.alarm_clear_top_only_flags[alarm_id] = clr_top_only
-        self.alarm_data[alarm_id] = [data_1, data_2]
-        self.last_alarm_triggered = alarm_id
-        self.last_alarm_data_1 = data_1
-        self.last_alarm_data_2 = data_2
+        self.logger.debug("Alarm ID: %d %d %d" % (result['alarm_id'], result['data_1'], result['data_2']))
+        self.alarm_states[result['alarm_id']] = True
+        self.alarm_conditions[result['alarm_id']] = True
+        self.alarm_priorities[result['alarm_id']] = result['priority']
+        self.alarm_ranks[result['alarm_id']] = result['rank']
+        self.alarm_clear_top_only_flags[result['alarm_id']] = result['clr_top_only']
+        self.alarm_data[result['alarm_id']] = [result['data_1'], result['data_2']]
+        self.last_alarm_triggered = result['alarm_id']
+        self.last_alarm_data_1 = result['data_1']
+        self.last_alarm_data_2 = result['data_2']
         self.dd_alarm_triggered_timestamp = timestamp