simple modules

Kris Kowal kris.kowal at cixar.com
Wed Feb 3 22:00:47 PST 2010


On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Brendan Eich <brendan at mozilla.com> wrote:
> On Feb 2, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Kris Kowal wrote:
>> This verbiage implies black-listing.  It would be good to be clear
>> that the object formerly known as a "module context" should be
>> explicitly populated with a white-list of module instances for SES.
>
> Agreed, and good point.
>
> Oprah moment: something about the way you wrote makes me want to plead for
> goodwill assumptions in our informal exchanges. No one on the committee is
> trying to open up capability leaks or introduce ambient authority. I doubt
> anyone is unfamiliar with the problems of blacklisting. It seemed clear to
> me that Dave was not specifying rigorously, just giving two examples.
>
> (Ok, group hug :-P.)

My tone was definitely severe and the content lacked balancing
concessions. My apologies to David.

Kris Kowal


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