From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Re: Detecting Windows and Windows directory from DOS
Date: 21 Mar 2000 14:22:41 -0800
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Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com> writes:

> By the way, I think you mean "in user code they _may_ lead to undefined
> behavior" rather than "in user code they lead to undefined behavior",
> which is a bit harsh. ;)

Hmm, interesting question of semantics.  I think this means the
behavior is unspecified by the standard, which is certainly true.  So
according to the standard, in real life anything may happen.  It _may_
compile just fine (and in most cases probably will), or give a
warning, or fail at runtime, or whatever.  In fact, what actually
happens is certainly defined, since the computer is still a
finite-state machine ;-)

So: The standard behavior is undefined, but it only _may_ actually
break.


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Nate Eldredge
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