On Tue, 1 Mar 2022 13:28:01 +0000, wrote: ><snip> >ZAD is not supported on z/OS under z/VM. " :-( >Is there any SOD or RFE or the like for this? ></snip> > Many releases ago, I saw a report the C RTL treatment of following a NULL pointer was changing. I tested open( NULL, ... ) with releases before and after the change. The earlier reported Invalid Pointer; the later Invalid Filename. I considered the earlier more precise and correct. I conjecture that IBM had fecklessly accommodated programmers accustomed to misusing NULL instead of e.g. (void I)"".
There are probably still programs that follow null pointers. What will become of them? I favor strict error reporting. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
