perlmeditation LanX I'm just having a look at the Komodo IDE 5.1 and am observing a nice bundle of diverse Emacs features (though perceptibly slower and limited by python implementation ...).<P> For instance there is a feature called [http://flymake.sourceforge.net/|flymake-mode] in Emacs lingo, to automatically compile check the code currently editet and to flag errors "on the fly".<P> ...BUT with the difference that this is enabled per default in Komodo (maybe you already wondered how Komodo achieves to underline problematic code lines in red)<P> Unfortunately this opens a new security issue, not only [id://841239|installing a Perl module can be dangerous], already <u>just opening in some editors can be harmful</u>.<P> Just putting a <c>BEGIN { ...do something evil ...}</c> hidden somewhere in investigated code will cause surprising effects for unwary Komodo users opening it...<P> Maybe someone feels motivated now to mail some files to colleagues using Active State editors? <P> Or do you know fellow programmers automatically opening perl code web links in their editor of choice? ;-)<P> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-708738"> <p>Cheers Rolf </div></div><P> PS: I remember slightly that one of the first big hacking attacks was carried out in the 80s by abusing an emacs vulnerability ...<P> The only approach I can think of to solve this issue (beside deactivating the feature by default) is to automatically replace each [doc://perlmod#BEGIN%2c-UNITCHECK%2c-CHECK%2c-INIT-and-END|BEGIN, CHECK and UNITCHECK block] with something like <c> sub __BEGIN__ { ... }</c> before running <c>perl -c</c>...