Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 08:32:16 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: alexis@ww.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: index() doesn't handle NULL strings Message-ID: <199511140732.IAA00224@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199511140055.DAA04234@unicorn.ww.net> from "Alexis Yushin" at Nov 14, 95 03:55:56 am
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As Alexis Yushin wrote: > > Perhaps it is out-of-date, because I use FreeBSD-2.0.5, > but if it is not it should be fixed. If it ain't broken, don't fix it. NULL pointers do not point to a valid string, therefore string functions cannot be applied to them. This has been discussed to death here, and we generally reject hacking the operating system where fixing the application is TRT. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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