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Re: [commit] linespec.c, decode_line_1, check for null.
On Tuesday 01 March 2011 22:03:22, Michael Snyder wrote:
> Pedro Alves wrote:
> > On Tuesday 01 March 2011 21:43:27, Michael Snyder wrote:
> >> Pedro Alves wrote:
> >>> On Tuesday 01 March 2011 20:57:30, Michael Snyder wrote:
> >>>> If it's worth checking for null, it's worth doing so before the first
> >>>> dereference.
> >>> Well, then it may not be worth checking for null. How old is
> >>> that code?
> >> It predates me, and I've been on gdb since 1995. ;-)
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > Then I think it's safe to say that if we haven't seen
> > a NULL-dereference crash in over 15 years, it's because it's
> > not really necessary.
> >
>
> Ok then -- you'd prefer it like this?
Yep. Thanks.
--
Pedro Alves