partial class

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 09:39:42PM +0300, Denis Koroskin wrote:
> Note that partial classes also compromise code security:
> 
> partial class Foo
> {
>     private int secret;
> }
> 
> // HA-HA-HACK!
> partial class Foo
> {
>     int hack() { return secret; }
> }
> 
> I wouldn't trust these.

That's not really a security problem. It makes getting at
the secret easier, but you could do it without partial
classes (at least in D since you have pointers; I'm
not sure about C#).


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