Message 162848 - Python tracker

Message162848

Author	loewis
Recipients	arigo, christian.heimes, fijall, hynek, loewis, ncoghlan, pitrou
Date	2012-06-15.06:40:29
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> Why not write a C function which can be more secure than Python code? For Unicode strings, it's impossible to write a time-independent comparison function even in C > I would argue that would be an general asset for the stdlib I would argue that it's not. No actual use case for this function has been demonstrated so far.

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> Why not write a C function which can be more secure than Python code?

For Unicode strings, it's impossible to write a time-independent
comparison function even in C

> I would argue that would be an general asset for the stdlib

I would argue that it's not. No actual use case for this function
has been demonstrated so far.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-06-15 06:40:29	loewis	set	recipients: + loewis, arigo, ncoghlan, pitrou, christian.heimes, fijall, hynek
2012-06-15 06:40:29	loewis	link	issue15061 messages
2012-06-15 06:40:29	loewis	create