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[Python-Dev] GIL, Python 3, and MP vs. UP

Ronald Oussoren ronaldoussoren at mac.com
Wed Sep 21 21:16:58 CEST 2005 
On 21-sep-2005, at 21:04, Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
>> A system like Java's classloader would be helpfull, where the
>> classloader of a class is used to load the classes used by that
>> class. I have no idea if this can be adapted to python at all. A
>> strict coding style seems to work for now.
>>
>
> You can do something like this using the restricted execution support,
> which works by setting the __builtins__ name in a dict where you exec
> code, and overriding __import__ in that __builtins__ dict. (I can't
> explain it too well in one paragraph, just go look up the rexec.py
> source code.)
>
> It's not great for guaranteeing there's absolutely no escape possible
> from the sandbox, but it works well enough to make accidental resource
> sharing a non-issue (apart from the OS shared resources and the
> built-in types). A misfeature (for this purpose) is that certain kinds
> of introspection are disabled (this was of course to enable restricted
> execution).

Replacing __builtins__ hadn't crossed my mind yet. My first cut at  
building plugins played games with __path__, Bob then replaced that  
by a version that actually works using py2app.

The sandbox doesn't need to closed for plugins, it's only needed to  
avoid accidental naming clashes (two independent plugins that contain  
a util module). I don't know if restrictions on introspection would  
be an issue, I haven't felt the need to write real plugins yet. Well  
other than the 'look I've a python interpreter inside <your favorite  
app goes here>' demo plugins.

Ronald

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