Unsecured API functions

[Tom Spear]

On 5/3/07, Kai Blin <kai.blin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday 03 May 2007 23:16, Tom Spear wrote:
>
> Noone should use gets(). There are lots of better alternatives. For the other
> deprecated functions, there are ways to check that the input is valid before
> calling it, iirc.

I agree that nobody uses it, and that there are better alternatives, I
was just using it as an example.  You are correct, though about there
being ways to check the input.

> As far as imnplementing the secured functions in Wine, I have yet to see a
> program that's failing because it tries to use one of them.

I do agree that we shouldnt implement it until a program fails.   I
know I worded the email wrong.  I was actually just wondering if we
had any plans to implement them in the future and if we had the
resources to do that.

-- 
Thanks

Tom

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