Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 11:13:32 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Quick question about getopt Message-ID: <199610011813.LAA02070@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199609300628.IAA11391@uriah.heep.sax.de> from "J Wunsch" at Sep 30, 96 08:28:42 am
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> (Me:) > > > Except that all tools that compare the result against EOF should also > ^^^^^^^^^^^ > > > be changed to compare it against -1 then. [...] > ^^^^^^^^^^ > > > According to the POSIX quotation, these tools are no longer compliant, > > and should look for -1 instead. > > > > Fix the bogus tools, not the POSIX mandated interface. > > So what? We are in violent agreement? Why did you post then? A > ``Me, too'' posting? :) The English "should" is non-declarative. You could have either been saying (a) that the change should be made, OR (b) that because of the additional changes necessary, the change should not be made. I just read it the wrong way; sorry. > Plus the crosspost to -hackers and -current, seems it hasn't been your > best day yesterday, Terry? ;-) I explained the crosspost in a private email exchange with you; for the record, yours is the only complaint I got. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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