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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Writing own source disk
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2024 11:10:58 -0700
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Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> writes:
> On 2024-06-04 00:35:25 +0000, Keith Thompson said:
[...]
>> #embed is of course handled at compile time.  It's very likely, but
>> still not quite guaranteed, that `#embed __FILE__` will be able to
>> access the source file.
>
> An operating system might refuse to open an already opened file.
> There is no good reason to refuse when all accesses are for read-only
> but a supid operating system might think otherwise.

That seems unlikely, and would be a concern only if some real-world OS
actually behaved that way.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */