[DGD]Shadowing

Gregory D Lewis glewis at maths.adelaide.edu.au
Sat Jan 29 00:03:59 CET 2000


> > You could override call_other in the auto object to get a shadow effect.
> > 
> > In general though, the only use I've seen for shadows that couldn't have
> > been done better another way was for debugging purposes.
> >
> And of course there are a lot of possibilities to tease your fellow
> wizards when using shadows. (aka big security problems) Of course you 
> can't do that better without shadow. ;)
> 
> Ludger Merkens
> (sorry couldn't resist)

I stand corrected.  You're completely right, there aren't many better ways
to introduce security holes than shadows ;).

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Greg Lewis                              Applied Maths Department
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