Quote #17

Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality... :-)

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  2. Let us be charitable, and call it a misleading feature :-)
  3. It won't be covered in the book. The source code has to be useful for something, after all... :-)
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  5. It's documented in The Book, somewhere...
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  7. It's all magic. :-)
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