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		whatshisface on May 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Undefined behavior in C is a reading error I don't see any utility in inventing a new reading of the standard. Getting everyone to agree on a new interpretation of a sentence can't possibly be easier than getting everyone to agree on a more clearly worded sentence. The actual thing you'd have to convince everyone of (the utility of the new consensus) and the people you'd have to convince (compiler writers, documentation authors) are the same in both cases.

setr on May 20, 2021 [–]

The difference is that, once decided and written, no party (both old and new) can’t chime in with a new interpretation.

JadeNB on May 20, 2021 | [–]

> The difference is that, once decided and written, no party (both old and new) can’t chime in with a new interpretation.

That double negative ("no party … can't") was accidental, right?

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