If you're concerned about the availability of various modules within PythonMethods, you should participate in the PythonMethods project wiki, probably at the page http://dev.zope.org/Wikis/DevSite/Projects/PythonMethods/CurrentIssues. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan L. Pierson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 10:14 AM > To: Chris Withers > Cc: Chris McDonough; T.J. Mannos; Marcus Mendes; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Zope] re module & through the web security > > > Chris Withers writes: > > Chris McDonough wrote: > > > There's the perception at DC that > > > 're' isn't appropriate for through-the-web usage because > it's possible to > > > write and use regex that sends the Python interpreter thread it's > > > operating within into a neverending loop. Sorry. > > [snip] > > > It seems like that perception is hobbling Python Methods, > in particular, > > by removing useful stuff like the re module because the > assumption is > > being made that people editing TTW code will be untrusted. > > I think the re module is a good example for arguing that DTML and > Python Methods should have different criteria for deciding what > modules are available (and separate permissions for users, if they > don't already). > > Somehow, the idea of mixing regexps and DTML gives me chills, but I > agree that it is a perfectly reasonable tool to want to use > in Python Methods. > This relates more the crusade to depricate DTML programming > as opposed > to DTML report writing than it does to security concerns. > > _______________________________________________ > Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope > ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** > (Related lists - > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce > http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ) > _______________________________________________ Zope maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev )
