Matt Wozniski wrote: > Fixing that to use a script-local variable would definitely be >a worthwhile change that should be made ASAP, though it still wouldn't >protect you from plaintext passwords being in your core files. > > Yes, I've done that for v116g.
>While we're at it, what is a reasonable use-case for why someone would >need a getpid() function? Why would we need to know our PID? > > Assuming that I have an encrypt/decrypt function pair, the pid could be used as a single-session p/w that would be transparent to the user. I don't see any point in saving a ftp password but requiring the user to enter some other password to make the ftp password available. Such things as recording the hundredth of a second that vim/gvim started along with the pid would act as an improved session-only password. Regards, Chip Campbell --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---