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Re: getopt() argument permuting considered risky
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- To: Geoff Clare <geoff at gclare dot org dot uk>
- Cc: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>, Michael T Kerrisk <mtk-lists at gmx dot net>, Paul Eggert <eggert at CS dot UCLA dot EDU>, libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 13:16:52 -0700
- Subject: Re: getopt() argument permuting considered risky
- Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
- References: <24758.1091647870@www15.gmx.net> <200408041938.i74Jc4aa025237@magilla.sf.frob.com> <20040804200255.GA1657@squonk>
Geoff Clare wrote:
> In my view a much better way to handle this extension would be for
> the default behaviour to be as per the standard,
Fortunately your view has no influence. Nothing will change, the thread
is over. If you don't like what you see change the behavior in your own
copy of the code.
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