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I always wonder how bugs (is this a bug?) like that, and that one time when you could log into macOS by repeatedly pressing "Login"[0] even happen. Like, what's

• mr_toad 8y ago
  In my experience it’s unwarranted assumptions about data formats (e.g. usernames aren’t numbers) and not checking the specs. Also, putting off coding for corner cases, and then forgetting to. I’ve been guilty of doing both.
• chrisseaton 8y ago
  Reading the issue it looks like Poettering confidently replies that these aren't valid user names, but then when he's challenged to defend that he tries to walk it back to being just not a good idea. So that's how it happens. People make unwarranted assumptions.