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

[Guido van Rossum]

> > > 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...

Huh?  In restricted execution you shouldn't be allowed to mess with
bytecode!

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)