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Re: master 3139551: Don’t attempt to modify constant strings


From: Dmitry Gutov
Subject: Re: master 3139551: Don’t attempt to modify constant strings
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 02:24:45 +0300
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On 18.05.2020 02:16, Paul Eggert wrote:
That would run afoul of the whole idea of clearing the string in the first
place, which was to avoid having one's password lying around in memory for a bad
actor to grab it.

OK, okay. I see the full design now.

Sorry for the false alarm.



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