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Graham Dumpleton updated MODPYTHON-11: -------------------------------------- Fix Version: 3.2.7 > Cross contamination of modules > ------------------------------ > > Key: MODPYTHON-11 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MODPYTHON-11 > Project: mod_python > Type: Bug > Versions: 3.1.3 > Reporter: Graham Dumpleton > Assignee: Nicolas Lehuen > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 3.2.7 > > This carries on from MODPYTHON-10. In fixing MODPYTHON-10, this problem > is likely to be addressed. Text taken from mailing list. > Cross contamination of modules > ------------------------------ > For the above case, change the code in "subdir-1/index.py" to: > subdir1 = None > def index(): > return "subdir-1",globals().keys() > and "subdir-2/index.py" to: > subdir2 = None > def index(): > return "subdir-2",globals().keys() > Accessing "subdir-1" the result is: > ('subdir-1', ['index', '__mtime__', '__builtins__', > '__file__', 'subdir1', '__name__', '__doc__']) > Now accessing "subdir-2" the result is: > ('subdir-2', ['index', '__mtime__', '__builtins__', > '__file__', 'subdir2', 'subdir1', '__name__', '__doc__']) > Back to "subdir-1" again: > ('subdir-1', ['index', '__mtime__', '__builtins__', > '__file__', 'subdir2', 'subdir1', '__name__', '__doc__']) > Because modules of the same name are reimported on top of the existing > module you can end up with cross contamination of modules in respect of > global variables, functions, class definitions, module imports etc. > The most obvious problem this causes with publisher, is that one can > suddenly have appear in a module a function from a different module. This > function then becomes accessible using an appropriate URL via the module > in which it doesn't belong. > Overall this is annoying and could be problematic for those unaware. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira