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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 21:37:50 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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On Mon, 4 Mar 2024 21:35:38 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> wrote:

> > And it's not for debugging, it's for validation of assumptions
> > made about an upper bound limit defined for a compile-time
> > check, so as the code evolves issues are caught early.  
> 
> validating is debugging.

Did Linus put you up to this? To test me to see if I'm learning how to say "No" ;-)

-- Steve