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Re:Malicious Rust crate Arrayref runs a build-time payload by xdavidliu on Thursday August 20, 2026 @03:29PM (#49379042)
just to clarify, by "horrible practice" you mean macros?
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Re:Malicious Rust crate Arrayref runs a build-time payload by Narishma on Thursday August 20, 2026 @04:39PM (#49379961)
No, they probably mean tiny libraries.
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Re:Malicious Rust crate Arrayref runs a build-time payload by xdavidliu on Thursday August 20, 2026 @08:12PM (#49382007)
in that case, I would assume tiny libraries can be created in any language.
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Re:Malicious Rust crate Arrayref runs a build-time payload by tsimionescu on Thursday August 20, 2026 @05:07PM (#49380291)
Yes, that's what I meant.
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