My concern with leaving it as a library is primarily that the onus is still on the developer to figure out which library to choose, so it doesn't really alleviate the issue. As it stands, developers already have out-of-the-box crypto tools when they are using Elixir, but they aren't the easiest or most secure to use.
I *do* think that keeping it minimal is important. Non-basic features could absolutely be relegated to a library. But I don't know of any languages without some crypto support, and, as a secure/modern language, I think Elixir is in a good position to offer a saner API. (Only somewhat related) I also think that any non-core crypto library would do better to wrap libsodium than Erlang's crypto module. On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 1:02 PM Tallak Tveide <[email protected]> wrote: > Why shouldnt it start out as a library, then if it proves useful discuss > whether to include in elixir core? > > My feeling is that this belongs outside a language, Erlang has too much > stuff included. This was probably the right call back when Erlang didnt > have package managers, but elixir has great package support... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elixir-lang-core/J-Idvs6ije8/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/018f200b-6586-4c53-b3c9-2addc069a73b%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAMURSkG0bMQ48%2BKncciXdj7ugrmCSe4pur%2BCTGWh7JhHvofYZA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
