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Oletros
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> They took not just the signatures but their semantic meaning
What's the difference between the signature of an API and the semantic meaning?
waqf
on Feb 12, 2017
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If you write a function int makeHash(int) which computes a trapdoor function, and I write a function int makeHash(int) which prepares breakfast and returns a status code, then they have the same signature but different semantic meaning.
Oletros
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But in the case of API's, the signatures and the semantic meaning are the same
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What's the difference between the signature of an API and the semantic meaning?