From: "Morris, Chris" <chris.morris@...>
Date: 2002-06-05T21:43:16+09:00
Subject: RE: How safe is $SAFE=4?

> M> Huh - I tweaked the above to check expr.tainted? and it is 
> true when it's
> M> evaled -- according to 
> http://www.rubycentral.com/book/taint.html at
> M> $SAFE >> = 1, tainted strings cannot be evaled. Why does 
> this script
> M> work, eval-ing  1+1?
> 
>  Try it with $SAFE = 3
> 
>  #eval is safe at level 4

Ahhhhhhhh... I've been assuming the SAFE levels were cumulative. Thx for the
clarification.

Chris