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Daniel Bonekeeper wrote:
>
> Got a " You are not authorized to access bug #190296. To see this bug,
> you must first log in to an account with the appropriate permissions."
> on the referred bugzilla page.
>
> What kind of symbol uses more than 127 characters, anyways ?
>

Maybe C++ mangled names.

I've seen names longer than early machines' main memory.

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