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


From: Daniel Mendler
Subject: bug#55205: 28.1.50; completion--replace illegally mutates completion candidates
Date: Sun, 1 May 2022 15:19:46 +0200


On 5/1/22 15:16, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> 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".

Good. I like the GNU Newspeak. :)





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