On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 10:06:52PM -0800, Terry Lambert
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> > > But who will bell the cat? I vote for Snuffles.
> >
> > Don't understand. Some inside joke or something based on US centric
> > TV? What are you trying to tell me? Remember I'm not native.
>
> 1930's/1940's cartoon character, "Snuffles, the mouse". Was in
> a lot of cartoons. Played the "Why?" game that children play,
> to the annoyance of his chosen victim, and the amusement of the
> people.
>
> One story was a script based on the Aesop's Fable about belling
> the cat. Here is a short reprise:
>
> 1) All of the mice decided that Something Needs To Be Done
> About The Cat(tm)
> 2) They had a big meeting
> 3) Finally, one mouse, who no one listened to very often,
> suggests that they put a bell around its neck, so they
> will be able to tell whic it's coming, and escape, to
> live in peace, in their mousey ways
> 4) No one wants to bell the cat; it's a perfect idea, which
> lacks for implementation, and there are no potential
> implementors to take the risk on behalf of the group
>
> In the cartoon version, at this point, the mouse who made the
> suggestion is volunteered by his "comrades" for the deadly duty
> ("Snuffles").
Heh, OK :-)
I'm also quite sure that gcc3.2.1 release will not find it's way to
5.0 and understand the technical points taken to guard this
position. That's why I put "possibility and IMHO" at the end of my
sentence. A patch will be good to have nevertheless, so we can test
things out even if it's not going to 5.0-RELEASE. So this boils down
to simple question of time, necessity and willingness to do the
patch. Let's end this thread.
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