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Subject: Re: silent semantic changes with reiser4
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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.