On 2010-07-07, Martin v. Loewis <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote:
>
>> Also observe that this macro is very badly written (even illegal) C.
>> Consider what this would do:
>>
>> PyMem_MALLOC(n++)
>>
>> According to Linus Thorvalds using macros like this is not even legal
>> C:
>>
>> http://www.linuxfocus.org/common/src/January2004_linus.html
>
> [Please don't use "legal" wrt. programs - it's not "illegal" to violate
> the language's rules; you don't go to jail when doing so. Linus said
> "not allowed"]
Nonsense.
The world "illegal" doesn't mean "you'll go to jail".
"Legal" and "illegal" are used to indicate conformance or
nonconformace with respect to some set of rules -- be they a
programming language standard, FIFA footbal rules, or Forumula 1
technical regulations.
It's perfectly standard usage to refer to an "illegal forward pass" in
American football, to "illegal tires" used during a race, or to an
"illegal operation" in a program.
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