rexec in jython??

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Mark Fink wrote:

> This is the original code section of the library including the
> comments:
> class AutoAdapter(TypeAdapter):
>     """
>     This adapter returns a type based on the format of the table cell
>     contents, following python's rules for literals (plus a few
> others).
>     We could fall back on this when we don't know what type is
> expected.
>     I am lazy and so use rexec to do the work.
> 
>     #Note: The RExec class can prevent code from performing unsafe
>     #operations like reading or writing disk files, or using TCP/IP
>     #sockets. However, it does not protect against code using
>     #extremely large amounts of memory or processor time.
>     """
>     r_eval = RExec().r_eval
>     def parse(self,s):
>         if s.strip().lower() == 'true':
>             return 1
>         elif s.strip().lower() == 'false':
>             return 0
>         else:
>             try:
>                 return self.r_eval(s)
>             except SystemExit:
>                 return None
>             except:
>                 return s
> 
> I completely removed the import of rexec and replaced "return
> self.r_eval(s)" with "return self.eval(s)"

And what does self.eval look like? Crystal ball still not working....

Diez