[Python-Dev] Re: Capabilities - published interfaces

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 10:55:48AM -0500, Aahz wrote:

> >  to some extent, i didn't care about things like __class__ because
> >  1) the users weren't that bright.
> >  2) the user's weren't that hostile.
> 
> Yup.  By "what's the point?" I didn't mean that there were no use cases;
> the problem is that such cases are not frequent enough to justify the
> effort.
 
 ... which is why i made some recommendations to add in the concept
 of run-time-defineable public and protected class interfaces.

 such a concept 1) fits with the principle of capabilities 2)
 is an enhancement that goes beyond the small requirements of
 restricted execution 3) offers a means through which rexec
 can be implemented.


> >  rexec fitted the requirements perfectly - and it still does: it's
> >  just been disabled and also changed into something that stops even
> >  the library functions from writing to log files.
> >  i couldn't even use the MySQLdb module which was kinda critical to
> >  the database-driven backend.
> 
> Well, you're free to maintain rexec as a separate project (or borrow
> from the still-maintained Zope system).  But anything shipped as part of
> Python can't afford to assume your points 1) and 2).

 i appreciate that.  so it turns into a wishlist: a class named
 RExecDontUseThisItsBrokenForMostPeople
 and a class named RExec which simply pulls that exception.

 l.