Re: can we mark upper/lower/textlike functions leakproof?

On 8/1/24 07:17, Laurenz Albe wrote:
> On Wed, 2024-07-31 at 14:43 -0400, Joe Conway wrote:
>> I still maintain that there is a whole host of users that would accept 
>> the risk of side channel attacks via existence of an error or not, if 
>> they could only be sure nothing sensitive leaks directly into the logs 
>> or to the clients. We should give them that choice.
> 
> I think that you are right.

thanks

> But what do you tell the users who would not accept that risk?

Document that the option should not be used if that is the case

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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