Re: sandboxing turns into pain in the ...

["mr. Aleph" <mraleph@...>]

David Given wrote:
> I'm going to run into this for a project I'm working on, and the
> solution is straightforward; don't try to sandbox everything, but
> instead write interface wrappers that run inside the sandbox but have
> special conduits to the outside world (upvalues are the safest way).
> They can do any additional verification that needs to be done.
>   
Yes I always follow this policy in my projects.
Also my libraries almost _never_ manipulate global environment.
Everything is encapsulated inside so-called State objects.
Library itself is no more than a factory producing different States.
> what are you actually trying to achieve?
I'm trying to make Xavante & CGILua work with lua-5.1.
I think I will follow your advice. I will rearrange them. Ha-Ha.
I will obliterate their innards. Erase & Rewrite them...

Thanks.
--eve