For the purposes of the Web server, I don't think that's the right thing to do. The right thing to do if you don't like the error display is to change the arguments to #:servlet-loading-responder and #:servlet-responder to print less, or just put with-handlers in your servlet and do something else.
Jay On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 1:39 PM, Tony Garnock-Jones <to...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote: > On 05/25/2015 11:16 AM, Greg Hendershott wrote: >> Should there maybe be a parameter to control whether exn->string >> returns anything interesting? And, should it be #f by default? > > That's an interesting idea. I know of examples where Racket error > reports have disclosed sensitive information. Such mistakes can be > extremely subtle and difficult to anticipate, and even skilled, > experienced engineers make them. > > Perhaps, if a parameter is a good idea (I'm not sure it is), when it is > #f, exn->string could yield an instructive message such as > > "#<error redacted to avoid accidental information leak; see > documentation for current-exn->string-enabled?>" > > plus suitable RED FONT DANGER TEXT in the documentation making it clear > to users that they should think about the contexts in which the > resulting strings will be published. > > Tony > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Jay McCarthy http://jeapostrophe.github.io "Wherefore, be not weary in well-doing, for ye are laying the foundation of a great work. And out of small things proceedeth that which is great." - D&C 64:33 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to racket-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
