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5 Jul 2024 16:04:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Trivial bug in unix.cpp  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 25 Nov 2003 14:12:03
Message: <7elc91-sj.ln1@triton.imagico.de>
Wolfgang Wieser wrote:
> Nicolas Calimet wrote:
> 
>>>This is a bug. It must be:
>>
>>Can you clarify the nature of the problem you're fixing ?
>>
> 
> Sorry, but the presence of a flag is tested by using 
>   state & flag 
> and not
>   state | flag
> because the latter is always true. 

Does the phrase "if it ain't broken, don't fix it" mean anything to you?

I think Nicolas was asking for and explanation why to apply this change. 
  Something like 'in case of the xxx situation POV-Ray does yyy which is 
not correct'.

Christoph

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