On Sat, 2006-09-09 at 17:27 +0100, Stut wrote: > Mark Charette wrote: > > And I'll wager a brew no one here has ever done a formal, mathematically > > rigorous proof of a validation routine except as a class project. As a > > senior member of the software QC department in a major industrial > > company, I generally find more errors and omissions in validation > > routines during code reviews and ethical hacks than anywhere else. > > Ok, let's not turn this into a pissing contest. I admit I misread the > initial email and read more into it than it said. However, since this is > a mailing list with a lot of beginners on it we usually make a point to > be very clear on issues like validation and it was worth reiterating the > point that no data that comes from the user should not be trusted no > matter how hard it is for the user to change. > > Your point is valid, but in the great scheme of things it's more > important to enforce the importance of validation than performance. I > felt your post was confusing so I'm sure others did too. > > 'Nuff pissing. Awwww, what about this bonfire I was putting out?? Admittedly there's a strong odour hanging in the air now, but we don't want forest fires do we? *heheh* Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php