[Python-Dev] Re: Another approach for the import mechanism

Just van Rossum just@letterror.com
Mon, 9 Dec 2002 15:35:50 +0100


Bob Kline wrote:

>   3. integrity validation (CRC, etc.)

This is another thing that zipimport doesn't do (nor does the PEP 273
implementation btw.). It could in theory be added but it doesn't mean much:
someone can still put bogus data in a zip file and make marshal crash. So I'm
tempted to blame marshal and forget about CRC checking...

Just