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From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org>
To: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery@ece.cmu.edu>,
	Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
Subject: Re: setenv() cores with NULL value [was Re: Gdm proplem on 4.4]
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On Tuesday 16 October 2001 12:49, Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH wrote:
> On Tuesday, October 16, 2001 10:42:00 -0600, Nate Williams
> <nate@yogotech.com> wrote:
> +-----
>
> | printf("%s", "");
> | printf("%s", NULL);
> |
> | The first will work, the second will dump core.  The second has never
> | worked, and should never work.
>
> +--->8
>
> FWIW, Xenix's printf() would print "(null)" in the second case.  (Not that
> this should be an argument for it being acceptable.)

. . . and on the VAX, there was a system option (CPU bit) for whether reading 
from the zero page gave a zero or a violation . . . but this is again just 
history . . . aand what is this discussion doing in stable anyway?


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