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Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ??

From Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ??
Date 2016-12-12 22:09 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:

> On 12/12/2016 13:46, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>> BartC <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>> <snip>
>>
>>> But if there is the possibility that bad inputs can be given, then it
>>> will be possible that someone could, either inadvertently,
>>> accidentally or maliciously, type * - without quotes or an escape -
>>> and fool the program that it has to be given valid input.
>>>
>>> Under those circumstances, you can't 'get around' the problem.
>>
>> How do /you/ (or the super-safe systems you prefer) get around the
>> problem of people typing incorrect input either inadvertently or
>> maliciously?
>
> It's a different issue. Ie. Driver error. Not like a massive schism
> suddenly appearing in the road.

You can't get round it on your system either -- it's just that you think
the holes are smaller.  But you did not say that because you wanted a
politician's spin on it.  The much more modest claim, that the likely
accidents on one are more serious than the likely accidents on the other
was not enough.  On the one you don't like, "you can't get round the
problem" (as if you can on /any/ system).

-- 
Ben.

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[command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 07:56 -0800
  Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 16:47 +0000
    Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 09:16 -0800
      Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 09:26 -0800
        Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 19:05 +0000
          Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 11:15 -0800
            Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 11:53 -0800
              Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 20:03 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 12:26 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 12:33 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 20:33 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 12:35 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-12-11 16:06 -0500
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 13:11 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 13:20 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 13:25 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 21:32 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 13:44 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 13:47 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 21:56 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 14:04 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap@arumes.com> - 2016-12-11 23:07 +0100
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 14:15 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap@arumes.com> - 2016-12-11 23:32 +0100
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-11 14:42 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 14:52 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 14:40 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-11 14:55 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-12-11 19:44 -0500
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2016-12-11 23:20 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 15:28 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-11 16:28 -0800
      Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 18:57 +0000
  Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2016-12-11 10:04 -0800
    Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 11:25 -0800
  Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-11 18:29 +0000
    Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 11:25 -0800
    Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-11 20:30 +0000
      Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-11 23:43 +0000
        Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2016-12-11 19:02 -0500
          Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2016-12-11 19:13 -0500
            Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-12 00:55 +0000
              Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-12 01:02 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-11 19:02 -0800
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-12 11:50 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-12 13:46 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-12-12 14:43 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-12 22:09 +0000
                Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-12 08:58 -0800
              Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2016-12-11 20:06 -0500
              Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? jameskuyper@verizon.net - 2016-12-11 17:37 -0800
              Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-12-11 18:59 -0800
        Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-12-12 02:47 +0000
  Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-11 15:11 -0800
  Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 00:25 -0800
  Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 00:27 -0800
    Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2016-12-12 01:01 -0800
      Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Dexterr <dejangru@gmail.com> - 2016-12-12 09:42 -0800
        Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? "James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2016-12-12 13:58 -0500
        Re: [command line arguments] more elegant solution ?? Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2016-12-12 14:18 -0800

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