On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 07:29:43PM -0500, Kevin Atkinson wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Matt Brubeck wrote:
> 
> > Also, pspell_manager_check() should not segfault when passed a null
> > pointer as its first argument. This is a bug in Pspell.
> 
> Um, Why?  You are violating an implied precondition of passing in a valid
> pointer.
> 

Because programs shouldn't segfault.  This is certainly our fault, 
for passing the NULL pointer.  However, it is preferable to check
that, than to just segfault.  

           
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