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Re: lint doesn't like lib/libc/string/swab.c



On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 10:17:39AM +0700, Robert Elz wrote:
> don't do it - simply blindly following standards, just because they exist,
> is insane - that way the standards never get corrected to be sane, as (as
> is their purpose) they're just specifying what "everybody" does and agrees
> to - if we disagree, we have a duty to disagree completely, not just with
> some "this isn't right but it is what POSIX expects" side noise...

True enough.

But like with many things, active involvement helps. The POSIX/Austin Group
has a bug tracking system and all that.

- Jukka.


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