On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Shane Hathaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ranjith kannikara wrote: >> >> As a student I am not familiar with Restricted Python and python AST >> implementation.And in need of help to start the Restricted Python >> implementation. > > Here is some context for Python-Dev. > > RestrictedPython is a custom Python compiler that, when combined with a > restricted environment, provides a sandbox safe enough to allow > partly-trusted people to write and execute scripts on a Zope server. It has > been used in Zope 2 for a long time and will have a future in Zope 3. The > sandbox is more extensive than what the rexec module provides. > > The safety of RestrictedPython has been validated in a somewhat formal > process with Python 2.4. Ranjith is working to validate it with Python 2.5. > He is first working to discover all changes between Python 2.4 and 2.5 that > might have affected the safety of a RestrictedPython sandbox. Any changes to > the AST, builtin functions, methods of builtin types, etc., need to be > evaluated for safety. > > So, in general, he is looking for detailed lists of changes between Python > 2.4 and 2.5--more than the "What's New" doc. >
As it has been said, his best chance is to either diff between versions or look at the log output from svn on the files he cares about. -Brett _______________________________________________ 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
