Re: Variable-sized lines of text in linked list

In article <eIKdnV4AV7CsnFXanZ2dnUVZ8rCdnZ2d@xxxxxx>,
Richard Heathfield <rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

A third problem is that of Denial of Memory attacks, where malicious users
seek (perhaps over a remote connection) to bring the program down by
asking it to deal with ludicrously long lines.

Whether the ability of a function to read a line limited only by the
amount of available memory is a disadvantage or an advantage depends
on the context. Not every program has to be robust again malicious
attacks.

-- Richard

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