Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2018 06:52:02 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: xstr, mkstr Message-ID: <95857.1530687122@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <31b491de-ac5e-ca0f-5f84-96cfa7c02699@FreeBSD.org> References: <201807031756.w63HuM2c039271@pdx.rh.CN85.dnsmgr.net> <31b491de-ac5e-ca0f-5f84-96cfa7c02699@FreeBSD.org>
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-------- In message <31b491de-ac5e-ca0f-5f84-96cfa7c02699@FreeBSD.org>, Bryan Drewe= ry wr ites: >On the otherhand I don't see the point in removing something that isn't >harming anything, is not worth talking about in terms of size or build >time, and is unlikely to need maintenance. Source code is a liability, it is not an investment. If the code is useless and not part of a published API, then it should be removed. >This argument of "not useful" is a bit subjective. Is cut useful when we >have awk? I won't go on. cut(1) & awk(1) are both part of the published API, so that comparison get= s you nowhere. -- = Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe = Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence= .
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