Re: PlPython

Gerhard Häring kirjutas E, 30.06.2003 kell 07:39:
> Hannu Krosing wrote:

> > IIRC python 1.5.2 has a perfectly good RExec.
>
> You are likely mistaken. Because I was interested in getting this
> problem solved for plpython and because most rexec problems are because
> of the new-style classes in Python 2.2 and later, I asked on
> comp.lang.python wether it was safe with 2.1 and earlier.
>
> Martin von Löwis told me it probably wasn't in
> http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=m3y8ztib79.fsf%40mira.informatik.hu-berlin.de

Uups! I got that impression from the emails which claimed that new-style
classes make it near impossilble to fix.

> > Or is there a requirement that only latest language versions are used in
> > pg 74 ;)
>
> No, but I find it hard to believe that PL/python is used by untrusted
> users at all, so making it untrusted might not really be a problem in
> real life.

That is most likely true.

And trusted users like to use untrusted languages, so they can send
email, get xml via http and write files ;)

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Hannu