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bug#55205: 28.1.50; completion--replace illegally mutates completion can


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: bug#55205: 28.1.50; completion--replace illegally mutates completion candidates
Date: Sun, 01 May 2022 16:16:09 +0300

> Date: Sun, 1 May 2022 14:54:56 +0200
> Cc: larsi@gnus.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, 55205@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Daniel Mendler <mail@daniel-mendler.de>
> 
> > As an aside, please don't use "illegal" unless you mean something that
> > is against the law.  GNU Coding Standards frown on using "illegal" for
> > something that is merely incorrect or invalid coding practices.
> 
> Good to know.
> 
> [[However I'd say that the word "illegal" is used precisely right here.
> If we talk about "illegal memory access" we talk about memory being
> accessed against the rules or ownership of the memory region.

In the GNU Project, we say "invalid memory access".





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