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Re: [patch] mkcshadow improvements
On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 01:34:00PM -0700, Benjamin Kosnik wrote:
> > Since "we" are the implementor, "we" can choose to define any
> > instance of undefined behavior. ...
> > But it's academic, because it doesn't seem safe enough
> > to be useful.
>
> I suppose this same property allows us to call this thing _C_ (reserved
> for implementors) instead of _C_something_that_makes_sense_to_nathan?
But our right as implementors to define a global name "_C_" doesn't
help if it's not safe enough to use.
I'll try to think of a name that is precise, safe, and innocuous.
Nathan Myers
ncm at cantrip dot org