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I would love some context from either parent commenter here. This is the first I've heard of security concerns with zig, though admittedly I don't use it much.
by 63 4y ago
I would love some context from either parent commenter here. This is the first I've heard of security concerns with zig, though admittedly I don't use it much.
- detaro 4y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=_u9xp https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=_u9xp (which appears to be junon?) I'm guessing, keeps popping up when Zig is mentioned.
- junon 4y agoYes, I asked Dang to remove them after a conversation with Andy, as I wanted to reconcile this with him privately. Dang said he wouldn't remove the comments but would anonymize them, which I guess results in that username. It's not really something I want to bring up again. I was asked my opinions on Zig, I gave them. The PR might not have been the 'best' solution but the vulnerability was left unaddressed - Andrew seems to insist I misunderstood something, but has failed several times to explain why. I hope it's since been fixed, but panicking on UTF-8 decoding errors had the potential for massive damage in my opinion.