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Re: IN SEARCH OF: The definitive treatise on the "private" OK flags (SVp*OK)

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Leon Timmermans
Date:
August 13, 2011 08:36
Subject:
Re: IN SEARCH OF: The definitive treatise on the "private" OK flags (SVp*OK)
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On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Chip Salzenberg <rev.chip@gmail.com> wrote:
> So even at this very early date, after mg_get() one could not depend
> on having any meaningful OK flags.  And from this time the details may
> have changed (a lot!), this aspect of the flags has remained constant.
>  Which leaves the question still unanswered: How has this ever worked?

I never quite understood why this juggling happened. It certainly
doesn't appear to be helpful in any way.

Leon

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