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im3w1l
on Dec 29, 2022
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I Lost All Faith in LastPass
Java has try-with-resources for this. Python has
with
. Unlike say C++ you do have to indent your code once for every such resource though which can be cumbersome.
duped
on Dec 29, 2022
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Neither of these things are equivalent to destructors, however
im3w1l
on Dec 30, 2022
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They aren't equivalent but they can do the task in question:
with prompt_password() as password: stuff
Once the scope exits, the context manager can scramble the memory.
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