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Jonathan Ellis commented on CASSANDRA-8792:
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wouldn't it be simpler to assert in the allocation then?
> Improve Memory assertions
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> Key: CASSANDRA-8792
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-8792
> Project: Cassandra
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Core
> Reporter: Benedict
> Assignee: Benedict
> Priority: Trivial
> Fix For: 2.1.4
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> Null pointers are valid returns if a size of zero is returned. We assume a
> null pointer implies resource mismanagement in a few places. We also don't
> properly check the bounds of all of our accesses; this patch attempts to tidy
> up both of these things.
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