[Python-Dev] Cookie.py security

Fred L. Drake, Jr. fdrake@beopen.com
Wed, 30 Aug 2000 17:45:28 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 10:09:16AM -0400, Fred L. Drake, Jr. wrote:
 >   A bit safer, I think, but this maintains the backward compatibility
 > issue.

timo@timo-tasi.org writes:
 > Is this true?
 >   Marshal is backwards compatible to Pickle?
 > 
 > If it is true, that'd be kinda cool.

  Would be, but my statement wasn't clear: it maintains the *issue*,
not compatibility.  ;(  The data formats are not interchangable in any
way.


  -Fred

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