using "eval" in an applet?

[alex mitchell]

Thanks, that works.

I'm using eval to run some very simple code, which only uses a subset of
Scheme, and no lambda expresions, so I *think* it should be safe.

Alex

On 11-11-23 5:29 PM, "Per Bothner" <per@bothner.com> wrote:

>On 11/23/2011 01:09 AM, alex mitchell wrote:
>> I get the following security exception when I use "eval" in an applet:
>>
>> gnu.text.SyntaxException:
>> <unknown>: internal compile error - caught
>> java.security.AccessControlException: access denied
>> (java.lang.RuntimePermission createClassLoader)
>>
>> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to avoid this?
>
>You could change the compiledAvailable field in ModuleExp to false.
>That will cause eval to use the interpreter.  But note the interpreter
>does support all the features of the language, and is prebably
>buggier, as it gets less testing.  (The interpreter is normally
>just used for macro-expansion in syntax-case macros.)
>-- 
>	--Per Bothner
>per@bothner.com   http://per.bothner.com/