On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:13:01 +1100, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Paul Moore <p.f.moore@gmail.com> wrote:
It would (apparently) help Victor to fix issues in his pysandbox project. I don't know if a secure Python sandbox is an important enough concept to warrant core changes to make it possible.
If a secure Python sandbox had been available last year, we would probably be still using Python at work for end-user scripting, instead of having had to switch to Javascript. At least, that would be the case if this sandbox is what I think it is (we embed a scripting language in our C++ main engine, and allow end users to customize and partly drive our code). But features enabling that needn't be core; I wouldn't object to having to get some third-party add-ons to make it all work.
I likewise am aware of a project where the availability of sandboxing might be make-or-break for continuing to use Python. In this case the idea would be sandboxing plugins called from a Python main program. I *think* that Victor's project would enable that, but I haven't looked at it closely. --David