From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Sep 28 15:27:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA09975 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 15:27:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp3.erols.com (smtp3.erols.com [207.172.3.236]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA09946 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 15:26:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shmit@natasya.noc.erols.net) Received: from natasya.noc.erols.net (natasya.noc.erols.net [207.172.25.236]) by smtp3.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA16132; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 18:26:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from shmit@localhost) by natasya.noc.erols.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) id SAA08101; Mon, 28 Sep 1998 18:26:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <19980928182631.B307@kublai.com> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 18:26:31 -0400 From: Brian Cully To: dg@root.com, "Wilhelm B. Kloke" Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/7742: fclose(3) dumps core on NULL Reply-To: shmit@kublai.com References: <199809281310.GAA09001@freefall.freebsd.org> <199809282114.OAA12880@implode.root.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199809282114.OAA12880@implode.root.com>; from David Greenman on Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 02:14:12PM -0700 X-Sender: If your mailer pays attention to this, it's broken. X-PGP-Info: finger shmit@kublai.com for my public key. Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Sep 28, 1998 at 02:14:12PM -0700, David Greenman wrote: > So that programmers will know about the problem and can fix the faulty > programs. Why is free(NULL) permissable, but not fclose(NULL)? -- Brian Cully ``And when one of our comrades was taken prisoner, blindfolded, hung upside-down, shot, and burned, we thought to ourselves, `These are the best experiences of our lives''' -Pathology (Joe Frank, Somewhere Out There) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message