Re: empty quoted strings and other oddities

Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu> Fri, 04 October 2002 14:49 UTC

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> Let me also add that the idea of a huge impact on thousands or millions of
> users because of a minor change is overblown.

the harm done by not explicitly forbidding [] is also overblown.

Keith