<div dir="ltr"><div>Interesting read. I'm surprised that the researchers didn't contact us, since the article mentions they found 5 bugs in Python. Regarding security: the article seems to use that term mostly to attract eyeballs; there are no specifics, just the implication that this *could* affect security.<br>

<br></div>But it's hardly news -- as GCC versions became more aggressive we've had to fix our share of undefined code in Python. Usually the unittests catch these early.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br>
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On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 7:48 AM, MRAB <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:python@mrabarnett.plus.com" target="_blank">python@mrabarnett.plus.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

Has anybody here heard about this, and, if so, is it anything we should<br>
be thinking about:<br>
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How your compiler may be compromising application security<br>
<a href="http://www.itworld.com/security/380406/how-your-compiler-may-be-compromising-application-security" target="_blank">http://www.itworld.com/<u></u>security/380406/how-your-<u></u>compiler-may-be-compromising-<u></u>application-security</a><br>


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