On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Peter Sergeant wrote:

> > Warnings are things that tell you when you did something you 
> > shouldn't. 
> 
> No, that's wrong, and apparently the central point of your
> misconception. Warnings are things that tell you when you *might* have
> done something wrong. That's why they're called 'warnings' and not
> 'errors'.

Taken delightfully out of context. I'll modify that to "probably
shouldn't", and my whole argument about only explicitly allowing the
"peculiarities" you really intended to use stands.

S.

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