Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 27 Aug 2004 01:06:37 -0700 | | From | Hans Reiser <> | | Subject | Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4 |
Jamie Lokier wrote:
>Rik van Riel wrote: > > >>>/bin could be separated (like linus said) but cat /bin/.compound could >>>do it. This is the /etc/passwd Hans' example, I think: >>> >>> >>Arghhhh. I wrote it down to ridicule the idea and now people >>are taking it seriously ;( >> >>It should be obvious enough that anything depending on the >>kernel parsing file contents will lead to problems. >> >> > >This is one case where the kernel _isn't_ parsing file contents, >but I agree it's ridiculous :) > >-- Jamie > > Umm, no, when you write the glued /etc/passwd file it parses the delimiters in it to determine what subfile to put the parts of /etc/passwd into.
Inheritance with delimiters is the best way to make emacs effective for editing lots of small files, Stallman was right and deserves credit for it. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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