On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:26:35 +0200 Roman Divacky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I think someone gave the reason I'm about to: trying to copy a NULL
> > pointer means I have a bug somewhere earlier in my code that will
> > eventually produce visibly wrong results - a segfault being such. The
> > sooner that happens after the bug, the less code I have to search to
> > find it, the better for me.
>
> if only the fix was something else than
>
> if (ptr != NULL)
> strdup(ptr);
>
> :)
Again, under what conditions would this "fix" be considered correct?
I.e. - when does it make sense to try and duplicate a string that
isn't?
<mike
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