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Author loewis
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Date 2002-05-16.10:43:27
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I'm in favour of a you-may-mutate-the-buffer flag. A
transition strategy would be:
- in 2.3, make the flag optional, with default 0
- in 2.4, warn if it is not specified
- in 2.5, change the default
All the time, if the buffer isn't mutable, specifying the
flag should not be required.
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