I think this is the way I’ll take it, and for all the same reasons. The only way they can break it is if they really want to. I guess anything other Franken-apps would be interesting to hear about too. And I’ll still stick it on the app store.
> On Nov 23, 2014, at 1:35 AM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Patrick Stinson <patrickk...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Thanks for your great reply. I even augmented the reloading with the same >> dict by clearing all of the non-standard symbols from the dict. This >> effectively resets the dict: > > You may as well start with an empty dict and then pick up the few > things you want, I think. > >> Is there a better and more secure way to do the python-within-python in >> order allow users to automate your app? > > More secure? Basically no. You could push the inner script into a > separate process, but I would recommend simply acknowledging the > insecurity. Embrace the lack of security and call it a debugging > feature - make it possible to introspect, control, manipulate internal > structures. Feature, not flaw. :) > > ChrisA > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
