On Wed, Sep 29, 2004 at 08:33:51AM -0500, Ryan Sommers wrote: > Ceri Davies wrote: > > >That seems wrong too. #! shouldn't be magic anywhere other than at the > >beginning of a file. > > > I haven't looked at the code yet, on my list, but I'm guessing this was > done to avoid a possible circular reference. The interpreter magic is > only allowed one level of indirection to avoid such a case. This might > have been added to avoid a malicious condition. That check doesn't actually exist. The reason for ignoring # given in the relevant commit log (r1.21) was to allow comments on the first line. Ceri -- It is not tinfoil, it is my new skin. I am a robot.
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