On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 12:27:44PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote: >Oh, I forget - check the changelog in 1999, I did look into this when I >did the code :] Corinna's ChangeLog says that it is trying to avoid recursion. I vaguely recall discussing this with her. IIRC, she wasn't convinced that this was the best solution. cgf