[Python-Dev] The pysandbox project is broken

[Guido van Rossum]

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com>wrote:

> 2013/11/13 Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>:
> > There are several websites running submitted Python code (and in some
> cases,
> > many other languages).
> > ProjectEuler
> > CodeAcademy (I think they use someone else's code box)
> > CheckIO.org - python only
> > other coding challenge sites
> > I suspect they use sandboxed processes but have not seen anyone talk
> about
> > what they are doing.
>

I sure hope so.

>
> It's probably a sandbox around the Python process, not inside the process.
>
> There is also http://shell.appspot.com/ which uses Google AppEngine.
> In my opinion, Google AppEngine doesn't use a sandbox in Python, but
> outside Python.


That's not just your opinion, it's a fact.

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