Following recent removal of support to store password in plain text, modified the code to
1. Remove "PASSWORD_TYPE_PLAINTEXT" macro 2. Instead of using "get_password_type" to retrieve the encryption method AND to check if the password is already encrypted or not, modified the code to a. Use "get_password_encryption_type" function to retrieve encryption method. b. Use "isPasswordEncrypted" function to check if the password is already encrypted or not.
These changes are mainly to increase code readability and does not change underlying functionality.
Actually, this patch reduces readability.
Yeah, I don't think this is an improvement. Vaishnavi, did you find the current code difficult? Perhaps some extra comments somewhere would help?
Thanks for willing to add extra comments, And current code is not difficult but kind of gives the impression that still plaintext password storage exists by holding "PASSWORD_TYPE_PLAINTEXT" macro and having switch case checks for this macro.
I see "get_password_type" function call is used for 2 purposes. One is to check the actual password encryption type during authentication process and another purpose is to verify if the password passed is encrypted or not - used in create/alter role command before checking the strength of password(via passwordcheck module). So, I thought my patch will make this purpose clear. Nevertheless, if people thinks this actually reduces their readability then I don't mind to go with the flow.
