Re: Bug in #! processing

From: Ryan Sommers <ryans_at_gamersimpact.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 08:33:51 -0500
Ceri Davies wrote:

> That seems wrong too. #! shouldn't be magic anywhere other than at the
>
>beginning of a file.
>  
>
I haven't looked at the code yet, on my list, but I'm guessing this was 
done to avoid a possible circular reference. The interpreter magic is 
only allowed one level of indirection to avoid such a case. This might 
have been added to avoid a malicious condition.

-- 
Ryan Sommers
ryans_at_gamersimpact.com
Received on Wed Sep 29 2004 - 11:33:34 UTC

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