[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Python ceval.c,2.207,2.208

[Moshe Zadka]

On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> > Can't user Python code, fiddling around with bytecode, produce garbled
> > bytecode? In that case, it seems  even better to raise an exception.
> 
> Yes, they can produce garbled bytecode, and if that is detected, it's
> not safe to proceed.  So a fatal error is the right thing.

The problem with letting Python code cause fatal errors is that it makes
restricted execution much more difficult. Well, something to think about
for 2.1...

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