On 03/01/12 07:31, Devin Jeanpierre wrote:
It's probably worth mentioning that shelve is not secure; loading a saved shelf can involve executing arbitrary python code embedded inside it. This probably isn't important for this particular project, but maybe in the future, if you consider using shelf for something more security-conscious...
A good point, shelve should be treated more like an internal persistence tool than a general purpose database. It's
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