[patch #100895 ] PyErr_Format (was: Re: [Python-Dev] Patches)

Paul Prescod paul@prescod.net
Thu, 20 Jul 2000 12:27:19 -0500


"M.-A. Lemburg" wrote:
> 
>...
> 
> You add your new PyErr_Format() replacement with the existing
> subset of codes, but instead of bailing out when the function
> sees a format code it doesn't understand, you use sprintf()
> or snprintf() (where available) to format the unkown code ?!

I think its too magical and could hide security holes under too many
levels of conditional behavior.

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 Paul Prescod - Not encumbered by corporate consensus
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Mr. Bertrand Russell..." 
 - Frege, Appendix of Basic Laws of Arithmetic (of Russell's Paradox)