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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: Quick question about getopt
To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 11:13:32 -0700 (MST)
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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
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