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Re: seekdir dereferences null
Schwarz, Konrad> The majority of processors newlib runs on have MMU or
at least memory protection unit (MPU) support,
Your view of newlib is *very* different then mine. I guess it depends
on how you see the landscape from your position. We all see things
differently.
Two well known quick examples are: ARM7 does not, CortexM3 do not have
MMU/MPU support.
An MPU/MMU also implies there is an operating system that configured
them, newlib is an extremely common "bare metal" standard library where
there is no such thing.
Then there are many cases where the OS does nothing with the MMU/MPU -
For example: "ThreadX" and "uC/OS-II" and others
Does ECOS setup the MMU/MPU?
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Secondly - assert()
While, "assert" is viable - the problem is it *GOES*AWAY* when debug is
disabled.
That is why - I suggested the "#if defined(PARMCHECKING_ENABLED) to keep
it enabled!
The benefit of "param checking" - is all of those situations where there
is no MMU/MPU configured to help.
-Duane.