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From: | Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer |
Subject: | Re: Detecting Windows and Windows directory from DOS |
Date: | 21 Mar 2000 14:22:41 -0800 |
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Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com> writes: > By the way, I think you mean "in user code they _may_ lead to undefined > behavior" rather than "in user code they lead to undefined behavior", > which is a bit harsh. ;) Hmm, interesting question of semantics. I think this means the behavior is unspecified by the standard, which is certainly true. So according to the standard, in real life anything may happen. It _may_ compile just fine (and in most cases probably will), or give a warning, or fail at runtime, or whatever. In fact, what actually happens is certainly defined, since the computer is still a finite-state machine ;-) So: The standard behavior is undefined, but it only _may_ actually break. -- Nate Eldredge neldredge AT hmc DOT edu
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