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| Message-ID | <4E25D8C8.2023@mindspring.com> (permalink) |
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| Date | 2011-07-19 15:19 -0400 |
| From | pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> |
| Organization | PF |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Fread problem |
| References | (1 earlier) <ivss0p$ulb$1@speranza.aioe.org> <1b62n23pw6.fsf@snowball.wb.pfeifferfamily.net> <ivvhlc$148$1@speranza.aioe.org> <98lsl8FgvmU2@mid.individual.net> <kqCdnVWLUpLkV7jTnZ2dnUVZ_uCdnZ2d@bestweb.net> |
Kenneth Brody wrote: > /* > * The following line was added to hide a memory corruption bug. > * The boss says "do something ASAP to make the customer think that > * it's fixed, even if it really makes things worse". I know that > * this isn't a fix, in any sense of the word, but this is the only > * thing I can come up with that will let me keep my job. (At least > * for now.) > * > * P.S. Good thing we don't use any version control software, so I > * don't have to check in this comment under my name. > */ Here's one possible way that things might end up: Eventually, the bug really gets fixed. After the code is thoroughly tested to make sure, there's no need to go back and rewrite the code again, is there? And so, the comment remains. -- pete
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[OT] Re: Fread problem Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2011-07-19 20:11 -0400
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Re: Fread problem John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2011-07-16 22:22 +0000
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