Re: Gnumeric/Guile/Python

[Bart Schuller <schuller+gnome lunatech com>]

On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 08:40:42PM -0500, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> And how are you going to do this?  Once you are in Python land, there
> is no way to block any access to the file system or the network.
> Unless Python/Perl include some sort of sandbox setup.

They both do.

For Perl:

% perldoc Safe

NAME
       Safe - Compile and execute code in restricted compartments

SYNOPSIS
         use Safe;

         $compartment = new Safe;

         $compartment->permit(qw(time sort :browse));

         $result = $compartment->reval($unsafe_code);

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