Compilers are allowed to and do optimize memset(3) calls away for
pointers not accessed in the future. Since the memzero wrappers purpose
is exactly to unconditionally override memory (e.g. for stored
passwords) do not implement via regular memset(3), but via either
memset_s(3), explicit_bzero(3) or a hand written implementation using
volatile pointers.
See https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/MSC06-C.+Beware+of+compiler+optimizations
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