[Python-Dev] Handling of sys.args (Re: User's complaints) (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sat Jul 15 16:45:37 CEST 2006


On 7/14/06, Nick Maclaren <nmm1 at cus.cam.ac.uk> wrote:

"Guido van Rossum" <guido at python.org> wrote: > > OK, then I propose that we wait to see which things you end up having > to provide to sandboxed code, rather than trying to analyze it to > death in abstracto.

However, the ORIGINAL proposal in this thread (to split off argv[0] and/or make that and the arguments read-only) is entirely different. That is purely a matter of convenience, cleanliness of specification or whatever you call it. I can't imagine any good reason to separate argv[0] from argv[1:] by a sandbox (either way).

Sure. But that proposal has already been discussed (and found little opposition). The thread then dispersed in a much less focused discussion about the true purpose of the sys module..

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