Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/05/14/19:16:14
Gerhard Gruber wrote:
>
> That's not exactly true. If you use the MFC (recommended by MS) then you get
> hundreds of codelines calling assert() to ensure that there is no null
> pointer.
>
> I can't believe it! I just wrote a mail that defends MS. Must getting sick or
> the heat affects my brain. :)
I guess that post must have been tongue-in-cheek. After all, *0 is a
NULL-pointer dereference and all the asserts in the world won't catch
it. :-) However, cwsdpmi bombs on it while Windows just keeps on
truckin'...
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