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Daniel Morsing 516699848b runtime/secret: warn users about allocations, loosen guarantees
The discussion at #76477 warranted some stronger documentation about
what is expected from users of the secret package. In addition, #76764
presented a problem about when a user can expect their secrets to be
deleted.

Fix by loosening the guarantee to when all allocations from within a
secret function have been deemed unreachable. Provide some guidance for
users to steer them away from situations where allocations live on for
long after the secret function has finished executing

Fixes #76764.
Updates #76477.

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Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/728921
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