no, the problem 2 just becomes hidden. while the given code works mostof the time, it is still broken.
You cannot handle stack overflow in C reliably or out of memory conditions so "fails in extreme edge cases" is true for every piece of software. "broken" is not a black-white thing. "Works most of the time" surely is much more useful than "doesn't work". Otherwise you would throw away your phone the first time you get a busy signal.
