felipecrv commented on PR #44794: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/44794#issuecomment-2494059369
I think we take a systematic approach to this and make wrappers to `mem*` functions that behave sanely on `NULL` input. This article [1] discusses the issue in detail and points to approaches taken by projects like `boringssl`. [2] There is also a proposal from prolific LLVM contributors for fixing this at the C standard level. [3] [1] https://davidben.net/2024/01/15/empty-slices.html [2] https://boringssl.googlesource.com/boringssl/+/17cf2cb1d226b0ba2401304242df7ddd3b6f1ff2%5E%21/ [3] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1guH_HgibKrX7t9JfKGfWX2UCPyZOTLsnRfR6UleD1F8/edit?tab=t.0 -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
