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Re: [rfc] Code cleanup: Permit BIAS to be NULL
- From: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
- To: elfutils-devel at lists dot fedorahosted dot org
- Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 08:17:39 +0200
- Subject: Re: [rfc] Code cleanup: Permit BIAS to be NULL
On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:51:06 +0200, Roland McGrath wrote:
> I think the reason I made them non-optional is that it's such an easy bug
> to write code that ignores the bias when it shouldn't.
OK.
> For internal functions where it simplifies the code and we can be fairly
> confident we are considering all the strange cases properly (and ideally
> testing them all in the test suite), I wouldn't mind it.
None of the functions I patched were internal only.
Thanks,
Jan