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From a users perspective, it is a good thing to know that the test script is not going to do anything odd with your personel system/data.

It is most likely that the taint checking was turned on because a lot of people will ague that it is always a good idea unless you have a specific reason not too. From the philosophy "Make your error on the side of caution" school of thought.

"Never take yourself too seriously, because everyone knows that fat birds dont fly" -FLC

In reply to Re: Why a taint flag on test files? by scmason
in thread Why a taint flag on test files? by xdg

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