Re: Erasing strings from memory?

Rich Salz <[email protected]> Mon, 11 Nov 2002 06:47:15 -0500

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.python.cryptography
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

> Be careful with this: Python strings are immutable and some
> are shared. The code you gave below can result in a
> completely broken Python interpreter.

Good point.  Check that refcount==1 before actual memset.
        /r$

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