[Bf-committers] "Security" gets in the way

[Charles Wardlaw]

> Blender isn't the only 3d app to use python as embedded language. I
> wonder how Maya and Houdini deal with these kinds of problems? And not
> only 3d packages encounter such issues - Google App Engine for example
> restricts usage of some python modules.

The simple answer is: they don't. If Maya tried to add security settings to files you can bet your own child the uproar would be heard into space, and they'd roll back the change pretty quickly.

The same goes for all other packages I've used which implement Python.
~ C