[fpc-pascal] Processing passwords etc.

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Sat, 12 Apr 2014, waldo kitty wrote:

> On 4/12/2014 8:24 AM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>> Attached is an implementation that allows you to specify:
>> 
>> What to do when allocating memory (zero out, randomize, nothing)
>> What to do when freeing memory (zero out, randomize, nothing).
>
> very nice! thank you sir! i'm still learning FPC and all its fancy (to me 
> compared to TP/BP) features :)
>
>> Careful, it does not play well with the heaptrc unit.
>
> why is that? is there a way to fix it? i do use the heaptrc unit to try to 
> ensure that i'm not leaving stuff behind...

It works together, no worries there, but heaptrc does it's own 
'trashing' a bit: it writes some housekeeping data, so released 
zeroed-out memory is not 100% zeroed-out.

The regular heap manager itself does this too, but heaptrc just a bit more...

>
>> If there is an interest in such thing, we can add it to the RTL.
>
> as miniscule as it is compared with others', here's my vote in the positive 
> ;)

Duly noted :)

Michael.