On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 16:31:14 +0300, Alex Rønne Petersen
<xtzgzo...@gmail.com> wrote:
I really don't think this is a valid cause of concern in this day and
age.
Perhaps not for you.
Look at Java and .NET. They're doing just fine even with all metadata
being available.
And that's why obfuscators exist.
Plenty of commercial C++ products ship with RTTI these days, too (AAA
games, even).
Some people care about this, some don't. Don't forget that many of these
AAA games you speak of come bundled with invasive security software, with
rootkit/spyware traits. Wouldn't you say that "security through obscurity"
is the lesser of two evils?
What I mean to say is, I don't think we should let this "concern" hamper
runtime reflection in D, because it evidently is not as big of an issue
as people have made it out to be in the past. Security through obscurity
is bad, as the saying goes.
Do you speak for everyone, then?
I certainly don't want to give any extra help to crackers, cheaters and
griefers. It's stupid to ignore such things, and doing so does a
disservice to your users.
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Best regards,
Vladimir mailto:vladi...@thecybershadow.net
