13 Apr
2021
13 Apr
'21
4:17 a.m.
On Mon, 2021-04-12 at 11:12 -0600, home user wrote:
Isn't a dangling symlink a file system parallel to a dangling pointer in a C/C++ program?
A dangling pointer always points at something and is a clear and present danger if it's ever dereferenced. A dangling symlink doesn't point at anything.
What good, valid purpose is there for a package to have a dangling symlink?
I could imagine it being used as a kind of placeholder, but I wouldn't call it elegant.
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