[issue15061] hmac.secure_compare() leaks information about length of strings

[Antoine Pitrou]

Antoine Pitrou <pitrou at free.fr> added the comment:

> Me neither but you didn't want it in the operator module in the first
> place (msg162882). :) Please make a decision. I'm happy to follow it.

Oh, sorry. I've changed my mind about it, but I think the operator module should only export a private function (and hmac or hashlib export it publicly).

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