"All publicity is good publicity" - Michael Scott On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Tim <[email protected]> wrote: >> so like i hrd python devz like mudkipz? http://bugs.python.org/issue9702 > > I presume you are Dave B? > > > So this is a great example of why introductory programming courses in > college should teach C (or something similar) as a first language > rather than Java. Kids these days don't understand what operating on > something by reference is and why you'd want to do that. > > Also Dave, your example Python code in the bug report doesn't match > the scenario in the SSL socket wrapper bug. The former tries to > isolate the differences in operating by reference or value and the > latter confusion comes about because the programmer didn't understand > the Python scoping rules. (At least that's what I gather from the bug > report alone; didn't look at the rest of the code.) > > I'm really not sure how any of this is security related. > > tim > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ >
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