Re: encapsulating directory operations

On 29/05/2025 00:54, Kaz Kylheku wrote:

On 2025-05-28, Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> wrote:

Got it. Stability occurs when the standards is fenced from changes by
presence of the next edition.

 Each technical corrigendum effectively yields a new edition.
 The previous standard without that corrigendum is forever stable,
as any immutable object.
 

They also tend to have a very small impact on the practical implementations of the standards.  AFAIK the TC's have all been small changes to the wording of the standard to improve clarity, rather than changing the language as implemented by toolchains.