From:	Paul Shirley <Paul AT chocolat DOT obvious DOT fake DOT foobar DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: strcmp and nulls, one more time, Sam
Date:	Wed, 16 Sep 1998 13:36:15 +0100
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In article <35F9EDC2 DOT 248CBBFF AT montana DOT com>, bowman <bowman AT montana DOT com>
writes
>4. ANSI C does not stipulate that strcmp should handle nulls.

Correct: its a *bonus* that djgpp seg faults, since it helps you find
*your* bugs.
I have the misfortune to use a gcc that does not fault, but lets the OS
variables get quietly trashed, be grateful ;)

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