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Re: Constants and undefined behavior

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From Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject Re: Constants and undefined behavior
Date Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:36:36 -0700
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cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) writes:

> In article <86mrwd7c49.fsf@linuxsc.com>,
> Tim Rentsch  <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
>
>> cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) writes:
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> "Undefined Behavior", in C, in the manner usually discussed in
>>> this newsgroup, was introduced with the first standard.
>>
>> The term but not the concept, which was there since the
>> early days of C -- at least since K&R in 1978, and very
>> likely earlier (I haven't reviewed any of the earlier
>> descriptions of the language).
>
> [...] not really.  I've read K&R, both editions, and the
> first really doesn't define a concept that gives such supreme
> latitude to the compiler.  [...]

I didn't say any term was defined, only that such a
concept is present in the writing.

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Re: Constants and undefined behavior cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-13 12:02 +0000
  Re: Constants and undefined behavior ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-06-13 12:13 +0000
    Re: Constants and undefined behavior cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-13 12:44 +0000
      Re: Constants and undefined behavior ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-06-14 17:22 +0000
        Re: Constants and undefined behavior scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-06-14 21:24 +0000
          Re: Constants and undefined behavior cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-15 17:52 +0000
  Re: Constants and undefined behavior David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-06-13 18:32 +0200
    Re: Constants and undefined behavior cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-14 14:33 +0000
      Re: Constants and undefined behavior David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-06-14 22:02 +0200
        Re: Constants and undefined behavior Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2026-06-14 15:55 -0700
          Re: Constants and undefined behavior David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-06-15 10:09 +0200
            Re: Constants and undefined behavior antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-06-15 10:43 +0000
              Re: Constants and undefined behavior David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-06-15 16:01 +0200
                Re: Constants and undefined behavior antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2026-06-15 17:57 +0000
                Re: Constants and undefined behavior David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2026-06-16 10:10 +0200
                Re: Constants and undefined behavior Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-24 17:45 +0200
                Re: Constants and undefined behavior "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2026-06-24 12:27 -0700
            Re: Constants and undefined behavior Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-06-24 16:58 +0200
        Re: Constants and undefined behavior cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-15 19:26 +0000
      Re: Constants and undefined behavior James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2026-06-15 21:59 -0400
        Re: Constants and undefined behavior cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-16 04:59 +0000
      Re: Constants and undefined behavior Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-06-29 05:41 -0700
        Re: Constants and undefined behavior cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-06-29 15:23 +0000
          Re: Constants and undefined behavior Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2026-08-15 07:36 -0700
            Re: Constants and undefined behavior cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) - 2026-08-18 20:27 +0000
              Re: Constants and undefined behavior Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-20 04:12 +0800

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