Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4

Hans Reiser
2004-08-27T08:32:38Z

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.