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Recommend sodium_mlock()/sodium_munlock() over sodium_memzero().

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@ -327,8 +327,9 @@ results in the stored hash value included in `str` when using the same
parameters.
`0` is returned if the passwords are matching, `-1` is they are not.
The plaintext password should be immediately zeroed out from memory
after this function returns, using `sodium_memzero()`.
The plaintext password should be locked in memory using
`sodium_mlock()` and immediately zeroed out and unlocked after this
function returns, using `sodium_munlock()`.
## Constants available as functions