Steven D'Aprano <ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au> writes: > > The Python interpreter is written in C. Python extension modules are > > written in C (or something similar). If you find an unprotected buffer > > in this C code, you can possibly overflow this buffer. > > How are C extension modules "_pure_ python"?
A lot of basic Python constructs (like numbers and dictionaries) are implemented as C extension modules. It is reasonable to consider "pure Python" to include the contents of the Python standard library. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
