[Python-ideas] I have an encrypted python module format: .pye

[Guido van Rossum]

--Guido van Rossum (sent from Android phone)
On May 13, 2012 9:43 AM, "Alexander Belopolsky" <
alexander.belopolsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org>
wrote:
> > I wasn't aware of the detail of the OP's proposal that the key was
> > right in the user's environment -- but that actually has an exact
> > analogy in the front door example: hiding the key under the mat.
>
> This sounds like an argument not to include this functionality in
> stdlib.  If hiding the key under the mat becomes standard, a key under
> the mat will be as inviting as an open front door.  Those interested
> in obscurity should not invite public discussion of clandestine
> advantages of doormats over garden rocks.

Agreed, definitely not for the stdlib.
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