Comment by bangaladore
7 days ago
> Use memory-safe programming languages, or features that improve memory safety within other languages, within the alternative web browser engine at a minimum for all code that processes web content;
There is absolutely zero way to satisfy the latter part here. It's at best non-enforceable. If I'm using C++ and use std::span instead of a c-style array, is that good enough?
Why not? The wording is “features that improve memory safety”
It doesn’t say that it needs to provide absolute memory safety. Based on the linked WebKit guidelines, it seems like they meet the criteria.
That's the commenter, not from the Apple page as far as I can tell.
My point is the requirement is too broad. It cannot be meaningfully enforced.
It’s literally from their requirements page
https://developer.apple.com/support/alternative-browser-engi...
You have to request explicit permission to be able to be a browser on iOS. You can’t just ship an app. I assume part of that process is that you specifically demonstrate that you try your best to use best safety practices.
Again, it’s also not absolute safety. It’s just due diligence review.
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