My error - I interpreted your previous post
as a suggestion that hints were ignorable,
rather than being directives. Since this is
one of those 'myth' things, I wanted to put
the record straight.
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Pablo Sanchez wrote in message ...
>"Jonathan Lewis" <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk> wrote in
>news:angshf$dn$1$8300dec7_at_news.demon.co.uk:
>
>>
>> "Hints" are directives.
>
>Are we splitting hairs? I look at a directive as a command: you
>_will_ do this. That is, override what you _think_ is the right
>thing to do and do what I say. :)
>
Received on Thu Oct 03 2002 - 11:53:09 CDT
