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Darren Duncan
Date:
February 28, 2023 08:47
Subject:
Re: PERL_RC_STACK branch: first cut
Message ID:
503935ba-466f-a4e3-fce2-414c35a69436@darrenduncan.net
On 2023-02-27 12:06 a.m., demerphq wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Feb 2023, 08:40 Vadim V Konovalov via perl5-porters wrote:
>     Quick TLDRs questions
>     - what's the benefit? Does it fix bug 
> 
> It should fix a longstanding set of bugs which cause segfaults and other 
> undefined behavior. The class of bugs it fixes is the number one cause of fuzz 
> generated segfaults and is a repeated, perhaps even number one cause of 
> segfaults in other contexts.
<snip>

Thank you Yves for concisely explaining the why of this, that was very helpful.

Thank you Dave for doing the actual work.

-- Darren Duncan
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