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Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 19:25:24 +0200
From: Ismael Luceno <ismael@...ev.co.uk>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] glob: implement GLOB_TILDE
On 24/Jul/2019 09:00, Rich Felker wrote:
<...>
> To clarify, the reason to avoid doing this unless there's a really
> strong motivation is to avoid cross-component coupling. If for example
> someone needed to change the signature of __getpw_a as part of changes
> in the pwd implementation, they'd have to figure out how glob is using
> it and how to adapt glob to the new change, rather than just focusing
> on the subsystem they're working on and familiar with. By using public
> interfaces, you avoid that.
Good point.
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