On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Patrick Stinson <patrickk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for your great reply. I even augmented the reloading with the same > dict by clearing all of the non-standard symbols from the dict. This > effectively resets the dict:
You may as well start with an empty dict and then pick up the few things you want, I think. > Is there a better and more secure way to do the python-within-python in > order allow users to automate your app? More secure? Basically no. You could push the inner script into a separate process, but I would recommend simply acknowledging the insecurity. Embrace the lack of security and call it a debugging feature - make it possible to introspect, control, manipulate internal structures. Feature, not flaw. :) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list