> -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Romanick [mailto:i...@freedesktop.org] > Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 3:17 PM > To: mesa3d-dev > Subject: Re: [Mesa3d-dev] Mesa (master): glsl/pp: Add asserts to check for > null pointer deferences. > > > What is the benefit of adding all these NULL pointer assertions? I > don't see a big benefit of an assertion failure vs. a segfault. > > I'm just curious.
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