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From: aoki@CS.Berkeley.EDU (Paul M. Aoki)
To: aataneja@cs.mtu.edu (Bruce Taneja.)
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Subject: Re: " GetAttributeByName " .. 
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aataneja@cs.mtu.edu (Bruce Taneja.) writes:
> I think your explanation is quite clear and obvious and in fact goes
> without saying .. 
>   BUT .. WHY does the user manual do the example in sect.8.4.3. w/o the
>  3rd param .. ??????  Was that a mistake ?? 

well, as you say, this is quite clear and obvious.  yet another case of 
someone not updating the doc after changing an interface..

> and what beats me is why did this example work while it failed for the 
> circle.c ??

one of those mysteries of life.  i wouldn't spend much time thinking 
about it.
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