Re: [git patches 1/2] warnings: attack valid cases spotted by warnings



On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Andrew Morton wrote:

(rofl, look at that mess: it was utterly impractical, unrealistic and
stupid for gcc to go and UTFify the compiler output. Sigh. LANG=C, guys).

Yeah, I absolutely *detest* how gcc does idiotic quoting just because you
happen to be in a UTF-8 locale. There's no reason for it what-so-ever, and
I don't understand the mindset of whoever did that crap.

They should use a nice ASCII tick-mark ('), not some fancy quotation
marks.

Linus
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