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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>wart</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="warm-boot.html" title="warm boot"/><link rel="next" href="washing-machine.html" title="washing machine"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">wart</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="warm-boot.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="washing-machine.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="wart"/><dt xmlns="" id="wart"><b>wart</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A small, <a href="../C/crock.html"><i class="glossterm">crock</i></a>y
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<a href="../F/feature.html"><i class="glossterm">feature</i></a> that sticks out of an otherwise
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<a href="../C/clean.html"><i class="glossterm">clean</i></a> design. Something conspicuous for localized
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ugliness, especially a special-case exception to a general rule. For
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example, in some versions of
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">csh</span>(1)</span>,
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single quotes literalize every character inside them except
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<tt class="literal">!</tt>. In ANSI C, the <tt class="literal">??</tt> syntax used for
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obtaining ASCII characters in a foreign environment is a wart. See also
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<a href="../M/miswart.html"><i class="glossterm">miswart</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="warm-boot.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../W.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="washing-machine.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">warm boot </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> washing machine</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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