On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 18:02:00 -0500, John Gilmore wrote:

>With a caller-provided buffer of caller-chosen length, nearly silent
>truncation, e.g., with only a return-code setting, seems to me to be
>eminently tolerable.
> 
Indeed.  I took an unintended meaning from the phrase "fixed length"
which appeared earlier in this thread, assuming it to exclude the
possibility of a "caller-chosen length".

>Nothing more is needed.
>
Perhaps.  Would this hypothetical enhancement extend the syntax of
symbol names?  Might this introduce behavior changes unanticipated
by end users?

Thanks,
gil

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