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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-12-10 22:59:55 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1997-12-10 22:59:55 (GMT)
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At Barry's suggestion, plug the security leak by using an empty
__builtins__ for all calls to eval(). This still allows someone to write string.atof("[1]*1000000") (which Jim Fulton worries about) but effectively disables access to system modules and functions.
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