How to convert list of strings to their correct Python types?

by 
import ast

L = ["hello", "3", "3.64", "-1"]

def tryeval(val):
  try:
    val = ast.literal_eval(val)
  except ValueError:
    pass
  return val

print [tryeval(x) for x in L]

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