Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:23:45 +0200 From: Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il> To: Tony Maher <anthony.maher@uts.edu.au> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getenv semantics Message-ID: <E1ER2rx-000DjZ-Hi@cs1.cs.huji.ac.il> In-Reply-To: Your message of Sun, 16 Oct 2005 17:05:52 %2B1000 .
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> Danny Braniss wrote: > > > now why would FreeBSD supply sources? > > from /usr/src/lib/libc/stlib/getenv.c: > > ... > > Thanks I have the source but actually checking the call programatically > should be better since since it does not rely on my interpretation > of code. It also does not help me understand the problems when code > appears to work on other platforms hence my request for standards > reference. Standards/RFCs/etc are very nice piece of papers, reality tends to be less forgiven: a program/routine will always do what the programmer intended, now the problem is defining 'what the programmer intended' :-) the advantage of open source is that you can check what the real world does, and sometimes it reflects the wishes of the docs/posix/rfc, but mostly it reflects the programmer interpretation. danny danny
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