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PreferencesHelper with Enum trait containing Python keywords or builtins leads to errors #301

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@johannesloibl

I stumbled upon this when defining a preferences helper for a logging configuration.
When defining an Enum trait whose values contain strings that map to Python keywords or builtins (like the logging level "Warning"):
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Upon initialization of the preferences, the _get_value method of the PreferencesHelper class, will call an eval on "Warning", which results in a type instance of Warning. The following Enum trait validator then fails since the Warning type in not contained in the enum.
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When specifying the default preferences like this:

[application_logger]
default_level = "Warning"

works upon loading the first app startup.
But after closing the application, the user preferences are re-written, resulting in "Warning" being dumped without ticks.

A potential solution might be executing the "eval" and then dismissing results that are builtins?

Using apptools 5.1.0, traits 6.3.1, Win10

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