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GitHub disables XZ Repository(www.phoronix.com)

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Killing_Spark@feddit.de
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Sadly it does have one place with unsafe code. I needed a ringbuffer with an efficient “extend from within” implementation. I always wanted to contribute that to the standard library to actually get to no unsafe.

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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Ah, I saw a PR from like 3 years ago that removed it, so it looks like you added it back in for performance.

Have you tried contributing it upstream? I’m not a “no unsafe” zealot, but in light of the xz issue, it would be nice.

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Have you tried contributing it upstream?

I didn’t yet just because I didn’t get around to it (and because I am not sure the std lib even wants this feature).

I’m not a “no unsafe” zealot, but in light of the xz issue, it would be nice.

I don’t think the two relate. I wouldn’t drop any dependency, the ringbuffer is implemented in the same repo.

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sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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Yeah, they’re not really related. I’m just thinking there might be more scrutiny on compression due to the exploit.

That said, yours doesn’t support encoding anyway, so it’s kind of moot.

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