Re: C99 questions about freopen(NULL, ...)

[Ted Baker <yyyyy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > Why on earth did the C99 folks put the "as if" clause in there in the
> > first place?  It seems to have caused nothing but problems.
> 
> Because we didn't forsee the problems.

I can't resist adding emphasis to the above comment.

Of the many times I've seen standards (several POSIX and two
versions of the Ada programming language) try to define a feature
in terms of other features, it seems that every time it ended up
causing unanticipated problems for users and implementors.

The phrases "as if" and "equivalent to" should be forbidden
to standards writers.

--Ted Baker