collective.localfunctions prevents plone from starting
Question: Plone 4.3.3

I am trying to get some extra python modules available to my plone scripts.
'Net search led me to collective.localfunctions, which supposedly demonstrates
how to lighten up restricted python. I installed per the instructions:

    
    
    git clone https://github.com/collective/collective.localfunctions
    easy_install collective.localfunctions
    # not installed where plone can get to it, so...
    copy from system python lib to the plone build-cache/eggs director
    added collective.localfunctions to eggs = and zcml =
    

Running buildout and restarting results in a non-responsive site, nothing is
listening on 8080. There is nothing useful in var/log, either. So, bottom line
question is, how do I enable python modules, specifically re and datetime?


Answer: The proper way to allow extra modules to be used in restricted python is
outlined in the answer to this [Importing ping module in RestrictedPython
script in Plone](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11576938/importing-ping-
module-in-restrictedpython-script-in-plone)

