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0 pointsDenvercoder910mo ago0 comments

The C++ standard doesn't forbid introducing side channels, so the answer to the question is yes.

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rollcat10mo ago

With all the UB, I wonder how did we manage to write any secure or safety-critical code at all.

this isn't UB, and any other language can do this optimization as well

even the one you cult over

In C++? We pretty much did not.

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0 pointsDenvercoder910mo ago0 comments

The C++ standard doesn't forbid introducing side channels, so the answer to the question is yes.

rollcat10mo ago

With all the UB, I wonder how did we manage to write any secure or safety-critical code at all.

this isn't UB, and any other language can do this optimization as well

even the one you cult over

In C++? We pretty much did not.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse