Thanks for you feedback and questions.
> The user might want to disable saving of evaluated params for size, > security, etc. Would saving be optional? > Interesting idea. Shouldn't be too hard to implement - however I'd this low-priority optional extension of the project. > Some evaluated expressions could be huge, filter taps for instance, and > can be readily regenerated. Should some things never be saved? Should some > expressions be recognized as safe? Do we need to change the way we specify > some params, e.g., don't use a Python expression in some places? > For non-primitive values only the repr used by the GUI will be stored. We'll not try to be clever just to save a few of bytes. Read-only really means no eval. No changes to how flowgraphs are designed will be required. > Many grc files, new and old, will not contain saved values. What will it > look like when one of these files is opened? > Forward and backwards compatibility will be ensured. Users will be notified if opening a flowgraph read-only is not possible > Can expressions that are not evaluated be shown as a hover, the same way > IDEs show references. Or some other way? > I read-only mode all expressions will use a cached value loaded from file. Both the parameter dialog and optionallly blocks on the canvas can already show expressions. Sebastian > On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 10:42 Oscar Ekholm <osc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> A new Friday means a new *GSoC - View Only Mode* blog update! This time >> it focuses on using the stored parameter values (from last week) instead of >> evaluating the expressions. Read more about it on my blog: >> >> https://oscekh.github.io/ >> >> Best regards, >> Oscar Ekholm >> <https://oscekh.github.io/> >> >> On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 5:24 PM Oscar Ekholm <osc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone! >>> I have now published the first blog post for my GSoC work on the GRC >>> View-Only Mode. This week I have mainly worked at saving evaluated values >>> of parameters in the grc-file. You can read about it here: >>> >>> https://oscekh.github.io/ >>> >>> I will be posting an update on the blog each Friday, with a >>> corresponding announcement on this list. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Oscar Ekholm >>> >>> On Mon, May 24, 2021 at 11:19 AM Oscar Ekholm <osc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I've been accepted to work with GnuRadio for this year's Google Summer >>>> of Code. I will be working on implementing a GRC View-Only Mode, which is a >>>> security feature disabling execution of block parameters in untrusted >>>> flowgraphs. >>>> >>>> I will be posting weekly progress updates on my blog: >>>> https://oscekh.github.io/ >>>> >>>> If you are interested in reading more about the View-Only mode it is >>>> described further in my project proposal: >>>> >>>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dL6PziJSopcY3O7gJ6CXiedTSdbhrHVFhR-UJRTmsng/edit?usp=sharing >>>> >>>> Please reach out if you have any questions, advice or thoughts you want >>>> to share. >>>> >>>> Best regards, >>>> Oscar Ekholm >>>> >>>
