Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 05:56:29 +0200 (CEST) From: Matthias Buelow <mkb@altair.mayn.de> To: shmit@kublai.com Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/7742: fclose(3) dumps core on NULL Message-ID: <199809290356.FAA00440@altair.mayn.de> In-Reply-To: <19980928182631.B307@kublai.com> from Brian Cully at "Sep 28, 1998 6:26:31 pm"
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Brian Cully wrote: >Why is free(NULL) permissable, but not fclose(NULL)? Because the behaviour of free(NULL) is explicitly defined by ANSI/ISO C. It might be questionable, though, whether fclose(NULL) should really segfault or just report EOF like on other error conditions. However, since many programmers probably don't check the return value of fclose, the segfault perhaps gains more attention to the buggy code. - mkb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the messagehome | help
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