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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 15:54:59 +0200
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On 29 Jun 2005 09:27:01 -0400, Robert A Duff wrote:

> I agree -- everybody is confusing the issue by talking about
> user-defined functions that happen to be called "/".

Why there should be any difference? User-defined "/" is as good (bad) as
the predefined one. If the contract reads: "the second argument is never
0", then it is absolutely no matter what "/" does! The contract is broken
on the caller's side.

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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