Andy Spitzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Perhaps another way to look at this issue is that the libc library is at
> fault for dereferencing the NULL pointer in printf. There is no need for it
> do dereference the pointer, as it can (and should) check for NULL first.
>
> I think that passing NULL to formatting functions for %s should not crash,
> (ala glibc) as NULL is a perfectly legal value for a string. It is the same
> as passing the results of 1.0 /0.0 to a %f. The formating functions convert
> that to "Inf", why shouldn't they convert NULL %s as "(NULL)" as well?
The first non biased argument ;-)
Jörg
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