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Re: Definition of intervals as subsets of R - the bad news



On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:08 PM, R. Baker Kearfott <rbk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ah, I think I'm beginning to see this point of view:
> It might not be so bad to leave explicitly undefined
> certain cases which seldom occur and for which definition
> of them would be confusing and possibly require performance
> hits.

I would think 'implementation defined' is better than 'undefined
behaviour'.  The difference is that the implementation is required
to document the behaviour.

"Undefined behaviour" really taints the whole programs, and should
be avoided as much as possible.

-- Gaby