From 15f3a3effa7e3cf7399b03fc35d995cf477ae417 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: fche Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:35:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * embedded-C safety blurb --- HACKING | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING index a4669e9a6..514445a1d 100644 --- a/HACKING +++ b/HACKING @@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ the mailing list. was tested should be published, and ideally asserted by code. Embedded-C code should avoid making references to the runtime or - other code possibly generated by the translator. + other code possibly generated by the translator. Embedded-C code that + dereferences pointers should use deref() type functions to check each + individual operation if there exists a possibility that the function may + be called with invalid pointers or pointer chains. - runtime -- 2.43.5