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man: document preference for secure_getenv() in coding style
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important for objects that unprivileged users may allocate, but also matters
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for everything else any user may allocate.
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- Please use `secure_getenv()` for all environment variable accesses, unless
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it's clear that `getenv()` would be the better choice. This matters in
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particular in `src/basic/` and `src/shared/` (i.e. library code that might
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end up in unexpected processes), but should be followed everywhere else too
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(in order to make it unproblematic to move code around). To say this clearly:
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the default should be `secure_getenv()`, the exception should be regular
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`getenv()`.
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## Types
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- Think about the types you use. If a value cannot sensibly be negative, do not
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