[Zope-Coders] RE: [Zope-Checkins] CVS: Zope/doc - INSTALL.txt:1.32

[Shane Hathaway]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> ExtensionClass doesn't know about metaclasses or new-style classes, so
> it doesn't check for metaclass compatibility.
> 
> I'm not sure if this is a real problem -- could this be abused to
> provoke a core dump?

Perhaps, but only if trusted code creates classes that mix 
ExtensionClass.Base and object.  No core Zope code does that, since it's 
designed for Python 2.1.

Shane