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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
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Subject: Re: sys/file.h and POSIX
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<<On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 10:26:49 -0700 (MST), "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> said:

> may != MUST.  We do not pollute the name space.  Providing additional
> facilities pollutes the name space, breaking strictly conforming
> programs.

Not necessarily.  The Standard reserves certain namespaces for the
implementation's use.  However, none of the examples people are
complaining about are subject to such reservations.

-GAWollman


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