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authorAndy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>2017-04-18 20:39:40 +0200
committerAndy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>2017-04-18 21:27:45 +0200
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Add sandboxed evaluation facility
* module/ice-9/sandbox.scm: New file. * module/Makefile.am (SOURCES): Add new file. * doc/ref/api-evaluation.texi (Sandboxed Evaluation): New section. * NEWS: Update. * test-suite/tests/sandbox.test: New file. * test-suite/Makefile.am: Add new file.
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@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ Changes in 2.2.1 (since 2.2.0):
* Notable changes
+** New sandboxed evaluation facility
+
+Guile now has a way to execute untrusted code in a safe way. See
+"Sandboxed Evaluation" in the manual for full details, including some
+important notes on limitations on the sandbox's ability to prevent
+resource exhaustion.
+
** All literal constants are read-only
According to the Scheme language definition, it is an error to attempt