[Zope] Python -> ZopePython cheat sheet?

[Skip Montanaro]

    >> Is there some way I can make dir() and type() available to scripts
    >> for development purposes and make sys importable once again?

Thanks for the external method tutorial.  Worked like a charm.

    Ausum> As Chris said, you need an external method (due to security
    Ausum> concerns). 

But why can't Zope let me decide what my security tradeoffs are?  It's fine
that I can't execute any of

    dir(foo)
    type(foo)
    foo.__class__

by default, but why can't there be some simple way to say, "I'm debugging
and I know what the risks are.  Give me an interpreter that isn't crippled."
Adding dir() and type() back in were trivial edits, but making foo.__class__
available is more difficult than just messing with checkAttrName.
(Thankfully, an external method worked here.)

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