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On 6/27/06, Scott David Daniels <Scott.Daniels@acm.org> wrote:


Brett Cannon wrote:
> On 6/27/06, Jim Jewett <jimjjewett@gmail.com> wrote:
>>  ...
>> Caps and current usage should also be available (though read-only)

>> from python; it is quite sensible to spill some cache when getting too
>> close to your memory limit.
>
> Yeah, being able to read your restrictions seems reasonable to do from an
> untrusted interpreter.


Certainly in some cases I'd like to run a Python program that claims it
"plays nice" without its being able to see that it is in jail. Otherwise
I can't escalate my trust of the code based on old behavior (it might be

nice only when the jailer is around).  So, reading your restrictions is
a capability I'd like to be able to control.

Sounds reasonable.

-Brett