Avoiding having sensitive strings interned

[Michael Savage <mikejsavage@...>]

Hey lua-l,

I'm working on a web framework for Lua and I want to implement some sort of functionality that allows passwords to be verified without them ever actually being used in Lua, so they aren't interned then forever stored in memory.

I have ideas on how to do this, but is it something that's actually reasonable/worthwhile to do?

Thanks,
Mike