On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 22:58:28 -0700, Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon wrote:
> For the last couple days, I've been implementing a cryptographic
> cipher framework for Perl 6. (It's in the Pugs repository if you want
> to see it.) Dealing with this sort of algorithm has brought forward a
> feature that
Brent,
Why not post the original query to p6compiler for their take on it?
Carl
Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon wrote in perl.perl6.language :
>
> I would like "is sensitive" to be defined to mean that any data stored
> in that variable, at any level of recursion, will be zeroed out as
> soon as it is garbage collected. Particular implementations can add
> extra features on top of t
Rafael Garcia-Suarez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, such a "sensitive" modifier could be added, but its
> precise meaning would be highly dependent on the underlying
> implementation.
Okay, but there needs to be some minimum standard for it, like "the
memory in question no longer contains its or
On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote:
language like C. So, such a "sensitive" modifier could be added, but its
precise meaning would be highly dependent on the underlying
implementation.
It would be of interest more to a perl programmer than to a Perl
programmer. Like keys() as an l
Brent 'Dax' Royal-Gordon wrote in perl.perl6.language :
> Basically, I'd like to be able to mark a variable as "sensitive" or
> "secret". This implies that the language should overwrite the memory
> it uses before deallocating it, and that if possible it should tell
> the virtual memory system to
For the last couple days, I've been implementing a cryptographic
cipher framework for Perl 6. (It's in the Pugs repository if you want
to see it.) Dealing with this sort of algorithm has brought forward a
feature that I think Perl 6 and Parrot ought to support.
Basically, I'd like to be able to
