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Minor cleanup.

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Fred Drake 1999-04-13 21:39:31 +00:00
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\section{\module{Bastion} ---
Providing restricted access to objects.}
\declaremodule{standard}{Bastion}
Restricting access to objects}
\declaremodule{standard}{Bastion}
\modulesynopsis{Providing restricted access to objects.}
\moduleauthor{Barry Warsaw}{bwarsaw@python.org}
% I'm concerned that the word 'bastion' won't be understood by people
@ -13,9 +14,9 @@ According to the dictionary, a bastion is ``a fortified area or
position'', or ``something that is considered a stronghold.'' It's a
suitable name for this module, which provides a way to forbid access
to certain attributes of an object. It must always be used with the
\module{rexec} module, in order to allow restricted-mode programs access
to certain safe attributes of an object, while denying access to
other, unsafe attributes.
\refmodule{rexec} module, in order to allow restricted-mode programs
access to certain safe attributes of an object, while denying access
to other, unsafe attributes.
% I've punted on the issue of documenting keyword arguments for now.
@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ If present, \var{filter} must be a function that accepts a string
containing an attribute name, and returns true if access to that
attribute will be permitted; if \var{filter} returns false, the access
is denied. The default filter denies access to any function beginning
with an underscore (\samp{_}). The bastion's string representation
with an underscore (\character{_}). The bastion's string representation
will be \samp{<Bastion for \var{name}>} if a value for
\var{name} is provided; otherwise, \samp{repr(\var{object})} will be
used.