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Re: [wg14/wg21 liaison] Source for Unicode Identifiers Paper

From: JF Bastien <cxx_at_[hidden]>
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 08:53:03 -0700
No.

If malicious source code through Unicode homoglyphs are a security issue,
then you already have a security issue with trusting your developers. As
underhanded C contests show, you don't need Unicode to hide malicious code.

On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 8:51 AM Robert Seacord via Liaison <
liaison_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Are there any security concerns if we don't make this change? (I work in
> security, so people ask me questions like this when I ask about working on
> a proposal.)
>
> rCs
>
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 3:06 PM Steve Downey via Liaison <
> liaison_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
>> C++ Identifier Syntax using Unicode Standard Annex 31
>> https://github.com/steve-downey/papers/blob/master/d1949.md
>> Slides:
>> https://github.com/steve-downey/papers/blob/master/UAX31-EWG-slides.org
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Received on 2021-06-18 10:53:16