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Re: `illegal' vs `invalid'


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: `illegal' vs `invalid'
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:58:55 -0800
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Werner LEMBERG <address@hidden> writes:

> In the files `getopt.c', `glob.c', and `regexprops-generic.texi' I
> suggest to replace the word `illegal' with `invalid'.

Not for getopt.c, since POSIX requires the word "illegal" there;
if you read the surrounding code you'll see better what's going on.

I checked in a fix for glob.c.

regexprops-generic.texi claims that it's generated automatically,
but I don't know what process does that.  Karl?




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