[Python-ideas] Re: Universal parsing library in the stdlib to alleviate security issues

2019-07-24 Thread Nam Nguyen
On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 8:06 PM Andrew Barnert wrote: > On Jul 23, 2019, at 18:44, Nam Nguyen wrote: > > > > FYI, my current proof of concept parser is at ~300 lines of code, with > debugging trace support. Other than performance (which I don't intend to > tackle in my library very soon), is the

[Python-ideas] Re: Universal parsing library in the stdlib to alleviate security issues

2019-07-24 Thread Eric V. Smith
On 7/24/2019 9:15 PM, Nam Nguyen wrote: Back to my original requests to the list: 1) Whether we want to have a (possibly private) parsing library in the stdlib, and 2) What features it should have. I have proposed that 1) yes, such a library would be useful, and 2) several requirements that suc

[Python-ideas] Re: Universal parsing library in the stdlib to alleviate security issues

2019-07-24 Thread Nam Nguyen
On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 6:40 PM Eric V. Smith wrote: > On 7/24/2019 9:15 PM, Nam Nguyen wrote: > > Back to my original requests to the list: 1) Whether we want to have a > > (possibly private) parsing library in the stdlib, and 2) What features > > it should have. I have proposed that 1) yes, suc

[Python-ideas] Re: Universal parsing library in the stdlib to alleviate security issues

2019-07-24 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 12:11 PM Nam Nguyen wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 6:40 PM Eric V. Smith wrote: >> For something in >> the stdlib, I think it has to be "here are the problems to be solved, >> now I'll design a parser to solve them". > > > I gave links to CVEs and bugs in BPO. Those ar