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Revised the synopsis in the original post (well... now it is entering into tutorial territory)

I don't see how a tied filehandle with a default unhidden policy is going to be a good idea at all. Consider:

open my $LOG, ">", "/var/log/my_app.log";
tie $LOG, "Text::Hidden::Handle", force => "hidden";

my $ccn = Text::Hidden->new( "1234567887654321", default => "unhidden"
+ );

print $LOG $ccn;              # OK
print $LOG "Got CCN: $ccn";   # Oops! - premature stringification
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Sure, interpolating a default unhidden string is always going to be "dangerous", but the fragility near a filehandle that pretends to force the values to hidden seems too far over the top. Unless I misunderstood your suggestions.

I have however, added default unhidden and hide_from options as well as manual mask forcing. Additionally, I have added localized policy setting so that one need not globally choose default unhidden (see examples in OP). Do you think that the revised synopsis addresses your concerns / describes a potentially usable tool?

Good Day,
Dean

In reply to Re^4: RFC: SecureString - Obfuscated / masked strings exept when you need them (revised synopsis & tied filehandles) by duelafn
in thread RFC: SecureString - Obfuscated / masked strings exept when you need them by duelafn

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