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00018281003.1(2016/18)/Issue7+TC2Base Definitions and Headerspublic2024-05-02 16:232025-06-05 10:09
Reporternick Assigned Togeoffclare  
PrioritylowSeverityEditorialTypeClarification Requested
Status AppliedResolutionAccepted 
NameNick Stoughton
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User Reference
Sectionsys/stat.h
Page Number395
Line Number13468
Interp Status---
Final Accepted Text
Summary0001828: Rationale is out of date
DescriptionThe rationale for sys/stat.h states

This version of the standard specifies the traditional encoding, in recognition that
nearly 20 years after the first publication of this standard numeric file modes are still in
widespread use by application developers, and that all conforming implementations still use the
traditional encoding.


However, at this point we are around 36 years after the first publication, and numeric file modes are still in widespread use.
Desired Actionon lines 13467-13468 (Issue 7 TC2) change

in recognition that nearly 20 years after the first publication ...

to

in recognition that many years after the first publication ...
Tagstc1-2024

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Date Modified Username Field Change
2024-05-02 16:23 nick New Issue
2024-05-02 16:23 nick Name => Nick Stoughton
2024-05-02 16:23 nick Section => sys/stat.h
2024-05-02 16:23 nick Page Number => 395
2024-05-02 16:23 nick Line Number => 13468
2024-05-02 16:23 nick Interp Status => ---
2024-05-20 15:59 Don Cragun Status New => Resolved
2024-05-20 15:59 Don Cragun Resolution Open => Accepted
2024-05-20 16:00 Don Cragun Tag Attached: tc1-2024
2025-06-03 16:47 geoffclare Assigned To => geoffclare
2025-06-05 10:09 geoffclare Status Resolved => Applied