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Date:      Mon, 9 Dec 2002 17:17:14 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sys/file.h and POSIX
Message-ID:  <200212092217.gB9MHEBP084924@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20021209.102649.81146459.imp@bsdimp.com>
References:  <619340000.1039364545@leeloo.intern.geht.de> <20021208114718.G74206@espresso.q9media.com> <659000000.1039368696@leeloo.intern.geht.de> <20021209.102649.81146459.imp@bsdimp.com>

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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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