On Mon, 30 Oct 2023 at 17:26, Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> BTW, is there any reason for -128 for marking them dead? Looks like
> -1 wouldn't be any worse...
It's *much* too long ago, but I have this dim memory of simply wanting
to make sure that "dead" was clearly separate from "underflow".
Linus
