Re: [boost] [xint] Boost.XInt formal review

Subject: Re: [boost] [xint] Boost.XInt formal review
From: Chad Nelson (chad.thecomfychair_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-03-11 19:54:26

On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:58:26 -0800
"Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr." <jhellrung_at_[hidden]> wrote:

>>> Any useful attempt at security will involve more than a single
>>> number [...]
>>
>> Certainly. But forcing anyone who wants even low-level security to
>> write an allocator, when the library itself can handle that much very
>> easily, seems foolish.
>
> I agree with Scott here.  Chad, if you feel particularly tied to this 
> "low-level security" feature, perhaps it would be best (if this is 
> possible) to supply an allocator adaptor that does this memory
> zero'ing upon release of a block.

Perhaps. Maybe I can supply default allocator code with that option,
which people could copy and modify if they want to make their own. That
would satisfy my ease-of-use concerns.
-- 
Chad Nelson
Oak Circle Software, Inc.
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