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by anderskaseorg 668 days ago
When the term “undefined behavior” appears within the C standard, yes, that’s what it means. There is no way for another document to alter the meaning of “undefined behavior” as it appears within the C standard.

When the term “undefined behavior” appears in different context, we use our writing and reading comprehension skills to agree on what it means. If we’re programming in standard C, it refers to one class of behavior. If we’re programming in POSIX C, it refers to a smaller class of behavior (even according to the C standards committee: see the usage of “otherwise undefined behavior” in N2464). If we’re programming in Rust, it refers to a completely different class of behavior.

From my very first message, I did my part by providing the context explicitly: “undefined behavior in the Rust and LLVM memory model”. You complained that it’s nonsense to talk about “undefined behavior” in any context other than the C standard, but I provided references showing that it’s not. Yet you persist in intentionally misinterpreting what I wrote in order to accuse me of gaslighting. Does that make you feel superior?