אלעזר writes: > Another use case, though I admit not the top priority of anyone here, is > that of assignment checkers. In most courses I took at the university, the > person who checks the assignments says something like "you are allowed to > use only this this and this libraries", in order not to mess with unknown > dependencies from tens of students (I am talking about advanced courses, > where the method I use to solve the problem is unimportant or only requires > explanation). With this statement they can simply state "you can import > pip".
In other words, you're advocating a feature that allows script writers to download, install, and execute arbitrary, unsandboxed code on any machine where the script is run. That sounds ... *scary*, when put that way. Remember, you're advocating this on behalf of people who by assumption are infants years below the age of consent. _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
