Date:	Fri, 20 Jun 1997 07:24:15 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id:	<199706201124.HAA20041@delorie.com>
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To:	billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz
CC:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to:	<33AB0C11.208D@blackmagic.tait.co.nz> (message from Bill Currie
	on Fri, 20 Jun 1997 16:02:41 -0700)
Subject:	Re: Possible misbehavior of write

> I agree. In fact, I'm not convinced it's worth it.  There's a LOT of
> functions to change (fortunatly mostly copy,paste,paste...) and I don't
> want to do it (or even want to have the feature, realy).  I rather like
> getting page/seg faults when I goof, kindof sets off an H-bomb where the
> bug is;)

Consider, however, that you *don't* get a SEGV in Windows, if the
pointer is NULL.  I think it's worth it to do a quick check for NULL
in a few popular functions, and expand coverage later.

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