Re: [s-d] dice server testing

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thus spake Antonio Dolcetta:
> Joel Uckelman wrote:
> > I've put up a new roller for you guys to test. 
> Yay!
> 
> > sortn(list)    : returns list sorted by numeric value
> this does not appear to work

Typo. That should be nsort, not sortn.

> I also can't call printf (and sprintf) I suppose it has to do with the 
> print output capture

No, it has to do with which Perl opcodes I'm allowing in the sandbox.
I neglected to add these. Fixed.

> > 
> > So, I'd appreciate it if you guys would try this out and tell me what you
> > think. (Yes, there will be an email version too, but not just yet.) I'm
> > interested in how usable you find it, but I'd also like if you'd try to
> > break it and do things that you're not supposed to be able to do (like
> > breaking out of the sandbox).
> 
> easy stuff is easy, and you can do complex stuff in almost pure perl, 
> great work!

Thanks.
 
> > 
> > The source is here, in case anyone wants to have a look:[5]
> > 
> > http://dice.nomic.net/tmp/test.html
> 
> wrong link ?

http://dice.nomic.net/tmp/randroll.pl
 
> > 5. If anyone knows of another way to capture the output of print statements
> > besides opening an in-memory file and calling select to switch default
> > filehandles, let me know. Surprisingly, it takes several MB of memory to do
> > it this way!
> 
> hmm, sounds tricky.
> you could replace the default print function with something that builds 
> an array reference and pushes lines there, and only actually print it 
> when you're done. (need to do that for printf and sprintf too)

I tried that, but I think it can't be done without renaming print and
friends, which I don't want to do.

> > 
> > 6. Would it be useful to wrap to 80 columns? Or to have an option for that?
> > 
> 
> I don't see great uses for this, modern mailreaders all wrap lines 
> automatically
>

Do they really? That must be annoying.

-- 
J.
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