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I dunno. The security ramifications of those few lines of code make me squirm. It's like looking at a very beautifully constructed foot gun. I wonder how muc

I dunno. The security ramifications of those few lines of code make me squirm. It's like looking at a very beautifully constructed foot gun. I wonder how much damage that code has caused.

goodcanadian 7y ago
At the time the code was written, the security ramifications were not quite the same as they are now. Even now, I would suggest that there are times where such a construction would be just fine.
- hestefisk 7y ago
  I would say it’s clever but not beautiful code.
- garmaine 7y ago
  Nit, but an important one: the security ramifications were just as large than as now, they were just largely unknown at the time.