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Also worth noting that a language extension may not be sufficient for all cases. E.g. the OS stores register state on a context switch; do you also need a flag for the system to zero any memory used for this purpose following the state restore, or is it OK to trust that it won’t leak through some mechanism? For some applications, there may be contractual or regulatory requirements to have an erasing mechanism for copies like this as well.



I want to use this in the OS kernel too. ;-)




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