Missing clearPrivateParams from TS definitions

[nishils]

• OpenPGP.js version: 5.11.0
• Affected platform (Browser or Node.js version): both

The typescript definitions for PrivateKey is missing the clearPrivateParams() function

The same is also true for the typescript definition of SecretKeyPacket.

[larabr]

Hi, thanks for the report, see https://github.com/openpgpjs/openpgpjs?tab=readme-ov-file#typescript .

Do you have a use case for calling the function directly on a SecretKeyPacket?

[nishils]

I had a similar issue as #1431 (comment) so I was attempting to resolve the issue using the recommended code snippet. That code snippet calls clearPrivateParams()

[larabr]

I see, IMO it's too much of a corner case to justify "exposing" that specific method via TS, as it's easy to misuse, and automatically called internally for the standard cases. That said, there is a good case to add the higher level PrivateKey.clearPrivateParams() type , as it can be used to remove traces of the key material from memory when an app is exiting (without re-encrypting the keys), for instance.

If you're up for it, a PR adding the type definition is welcome 😄