session mgmt: does POSIX indeed prohibit NOOP execution?

Christoph Moench-Tegeder cmt at burggraben.net
Mon Jan 6 21:52:09 UTC 2020


## Peter (peter at citylink.dinoex.sub.org):

> > Not much room to argue?
> 
> Why that? This is not about laws you have to follow blindly whether
> you understand them or not, this is all about an Outcome - a working
> machine that should properly function.

"Not much to argue about what behaviour is required by the standard".
The standard could have been written to require different behaviour
and most probably still make sense, but it wasn't; but at least it's
unambiguous. After that, the discussion is rather... philosophical.

Regards,
Christoph

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