debian-user wrote: >> In programming the focus is perhaps better, for something >> idempotent, something like: Do it the first time. >> Don't screw it up the second time? And don't do the >> computing if it doesn't need to be done? > > Sorry, but idempotence says nothing at all about > computational efficiency or cost.
Something that has a formal definition can be - and is more often than not - used in an informal way. That said, if this is an example of that, I have to say it's _very_ close to the formal definition. > And none of this has anything to do with exif and its > behaviour, let alone its manpage. So please stop trolling. `1-' -- underground experts united https://dataswamp.org/~incal
