[perl #32391] [TODO] IMCC - remove lexer's identifier length restrictions

Will Coleda via RT parrotbug-followup at parrotcode.org
Wed Dec 3 15:59:57 UTC 2008


On Tue Nov 09 19:12:28 2004, coke wrote:
>  - lexer doesn't impose limits on identifiers, this could lead
>    to buffer overflows.
>    So there are a bunch of unsafe strcats and sprintfs, some of them
>    marked XXX.
> 
> from imcc/BUGS

Given that the goal is to move away from IMCC to pirc, I'm rejecting 
this stalled IMCC ticket; please take care when working on pirc to avoid 
similar issues.

-- 
Will "Coke" Coleda


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