On 2/23/06, Matthew Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue 21 Feb 2006 21:10, Bradley Arsenault wrote: > > 1) A full, version and operating system portable vm dump, if desired > > IMHO, a far better solution would be to use Stackless Python[1]... a python > implementation that doesn't use the C stack. It supports microthreads[2], > along with serializing them in the middle of execution[3]. (This is really > all we need.) > > One thing to note is that stackless does not yet support python2.4. However, > this is planned for a PyCon sprint[4]. > > > Cons: > > 1) Is a large dependancy > > In the case of stackless, it would be worth considering including it in the > distribution, especially as it doesn't have a release. This is how Blender > and (I assume) EVE Online[5] do it. (Although, Blender uses standard > CPython.) This would also allow cutting out unneeded modules. (Who needs to > decode MIME email headers in a map script???) > > > 2) Can allow a hacker access to the underlieing system if he/she > > is experienced enough and willing to work around all inplace security > > features (python does have them) > > It might be better to say that python _had_ them. The restricted execution > framework was disabled in python2.3[6]. > > Perhaps omitting the 'os' and 'sys' modules and the 'file' type would be all > that is necessary. At any rate, Blender had a _browser pluggin_ that would > execute python code, so it's not like glob2 would be the first. > > I think that from a technical standpoint, python would work. The question I > see now is, "is it overkill?" Although I would love to use my favorite > language in my favorite computer game, Lua or Tea might work just as well, > with far less overhead ... so ... I guess I'm not being much help here :D > > MWM > > [1] http://www.stackless.com/ > [2] http://www.stackless.com/wiki/Tasklets > [3] http://www.stackless.com/wiki/Pickling > [4] http://www.stackless.com/Members/rmtew/pycon2006 > [5] http://www.stackless.com/Members/rmtew/newsPyCon2006Pres > [6] http://python.org/doc/lib/restricted.html > > > _______________________________________________ > glob2-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/glob2-devel >
Hehe Mathew knows python far better than i do. But you have to give me credit for first suggesting it! _______________________________________________ glob2-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/glob2-devel
