Guido van Rossum wrote: >> As was pointed out on c.l.py, the `dl` module suffers the exact same >> problem (I don't know myself, as I've never used it). There are no >> warnings about this in the `dl` module documentation. > > Good point. I think there should be such warnings though.
Added documentation patch 1402224: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1402224&group_i d=5470&atid=305470 May need a little more work on the wording. >> I can't see how it would be possible to guarantee that such a module >> could not cause crashes. > > And I'm not asking for that. > >> I'm of the opinion that having a big red >> warning at the top of the module documentation that this is a >> contributed module, and incorrect use could cause segmentation >> faults/crashes, etc would be sufficient. > > Works for me. Sounds like we agree on everything :) Maybe I should start channelling ... <wink>. Tim Delaney _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
