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Message-ID: <31beec2a-bf2f-9b9b-e6a0-eea8fc482fb9@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2023 20:49:14 +0200
From: Gabriel Ravier <gabravier@...il.com>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com, Markus Wichmann <nullplan@....net>
Subject: Re: Difference in pthread behavior between glibc and musl

On 7/13/23 18:27, Markus Wichmann wrote:
> Am Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 04:02:54AM +0200 schrieb Gabriel Ravier:
>> so I don't get you mean by 'It is not "explicitly recommended"':
> Reading comprehension, please! The sentence you quoted contains a
> condition; one that Rich already pointed out to you. The condition is
> not fulfilled; musl does not detect that the key is invalid, and
> therefore the entire thing is null for this implementation. Let alone
> that the sentence is in a section explicitly marked "informative" (as
> opposed to normative).
>
> Ciao,
> Markus

I know it's not normative - that doesn't seem like it would change 
anything given that regardless is a recommendation, not a requirement.

The explanation you've given does makes sense though - the wording seems 
oddly ambiguous, but that does seem to be what it's trying to say.

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