[Python-Dev] The pysandbox project is broken (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Nov 13 01:04:49 CET 2013

On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com>wrote:

2013/11/13 Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>: > There are several websites running submitted Python code (and in some cases, > many other languages). > ProjectEuler > CodeAcademy (I think they use someone else's code box) > CheckIO.org - python only > other coding challenge sites > I suspect they use sandboxed processes but have not seen anyone talk about > what they are doing.

I sure hope so.

It's probably a sandbox around the Python process, not inside the process. There is also http://shell.appspot.com/ which uses Google AppEngine. In my opinion, Google AppEngine doesn't use a sandbox in Python, but outside Python.

That's not just your opinion, it's a fact.

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