Generic parsing functions for valid()
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- C
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Description
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the linked openwall mailing-list message for the intended design, then locate the valid() entry point and its current parsing logic. The issue does not identify files, tests, or acceptance criteria, so confirm the desired generic behavior and required validation coverage with maintainers before estimating completion.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100