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by Someone 1678 days ago
That introduces a time-of-check to time-of-use bug (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-of-check_to_time-of-use).
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waterhouse 1678 days ago
Aha. If only the API was "Execute a user-provided function in a context where the computer is guaranteed to be on".
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nvader 1678 days ago
Ah, good ole TOCTOU
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