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		rjmunro on July 29, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Malicious code in the purescript NPM installer That code doesn't match what actually happens. It will only trim a single character. Have asterisks been trimmed in your copy-paste or something?

delfaras on July 29, 2019 [–]

Ah you're right, the asterisks have been interpreted as italics. Can't edit my comment, sorry

Here's a paste: https://pastebin.com/kBHprdyj

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