MOVE from SPECIAL Field - 5.6

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 05:55:24PM -0400, Nancy Palmquist wrote:
> > In any case, that's a "this can never happen" trap.  What is xxx(1)
> > defined as?
> > 
> And I would hazard as guess that it is not a "never can happen" feature, 
> since it truly did happen.

Aw, Nancy; c'mon: you can't not know what a "can't happen" is, can you?

:-)

In general, a Can't Happen is a conditional branch in code that is put
there solely to bat cleanup; absent internal breakage, the code path
should never get taken.

They're always fun to spot.

Cheers,
-- jr 'Shut 'er down, Scotty; she's sucking mud!' a
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