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Article #1528Re: blue paint
From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 1990 19:34
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 1990 19:34
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In article <225@kyzyl.mi.org> tkacik@kyzyl.mi.org (Tom Tkacik) writes: >Can someone explain blue paint? Is it in the standard? "Blue paint" is a standard informal term used in the macro business to indicate that some sort of marker is attached to an object for the sole purpose of being able to tell later that the object has been processed in a specific way. The etymology is unimportant (it probably has something to do with blue coconuts). Section 3.8.3.4 of the C standard is where it is specified that blue paint persists; however, other wording is employed.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!bu.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.std.c Subject: Re: blue paint Message-ID: <13421@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 26 Jul 90 19:34:18 GMT References: <225@kyzyl.mi.org> Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD. Lines: 11