[Zope] reduce() in Python scripts?

Charlie Reiman creiman@kefta.com
Fri, 27 Sep 2002 09:47:43 -0700


No. The most commonly sighted reasons for X not being in the secure side
are:

1) Too easy to write code that opens up DOS attacks.
2) Buried in C code that can't easily have access control added.

Regular expressions have both problems.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of DA
> Loeffler
> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 1:38 AM
> To: zope@zope.org
> Subject: [Zope] reduce() in Python scripts?
>
>
> Does anyone know of a good reason why the list of Python
> built-in functions accessible from Python Scripts doesn't include
> reduce()? I personally find it rather useful, and its absence is
> irritating.
>
> David
>