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On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 08:07:05PM +0100, Mark Overmeer wrote: > > Of course. > Let's be realistic, the exit(@args) in the original code is a bug. > No-one is his right mind will call exit with multiple values. But you > will certainly be able to produce examples which may exist in reality. > > Do you really wish to keep back the evolvement of the language because > you want to stay compatible with (all imaginable) sleeping bugs? It's important to me that when we choose to make backward incompatible changes, we do so intentionally rather than have them as side-effects of other changes that are supposed to be code cleanups and performance enhancements. Best, JesseThread Previous | Thread Next