Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 21:50:20 +0200
From: Marc Lehmann <pcg AT opengroup DOT org>
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Subject: Re: non constant initializers
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On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 11:51:45PM -0300, Peter Cordes <peter AT Cordes DOT Phys DOT Dal DOT Ca> wrote:
>  Maybe it would be possible to have the compiler and linker conspire to
> initialize outfile to stdout, but this might be impossible, because it

However, this puts a limitation on the library writers without any real
benefit: if it doesn't break with glibc, it will break on another system.
It's better to correct the program in question to comply with the language it
is written in (C).

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