Re: [pygame] Scripting language

[Greg Ewing <greg.ewing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard Tew wrote:
> > while True:
> >   pass
> >
> > def fib(n):
> >   return fib(n-1) + fib(n-2)
> > fib(1000000)
>
> If you were using Stackless Python, this sort of thing could
> easily be detected, interrupted and discarded.

But what about things like

   x = 100000000000000000000000 ** 1000000000000000000000000

> I wonder if this recipe were taken to the safe extreme, how
> much of a subset of Python could be safely allowed:
>
> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/286134

Probably not feasible to relax it enough to allow
non-trivial code without opening up unwanted abilities.

--
Greg