[Python-ideas] pytaint: taint tracking in python

[Ned Batchelder]

On 10/14/13 8:25 AM, Felix Gröbert wrote:
> The idea itself is not new (Ruby and Perl have it; there are also some 
> python libraries floating around) and pretty much noone uses it - 
> however with a few improvements, it can be made viable.

I'd be interested to hear why this feature isn't used in the languages 
that already have it.  That seems to be a strike against it.  Your 
proposed changes sound like they make it a more complex feature, and 
therefore less likely to be used.

--Ned.