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Re: [OB] cli/cli-script.c, null ptr guard

From: msnyder at sonic dot net
To: msnyder at sonic dot net, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 15:17:18 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: [OB] cli/cli-script.c, null ptr guard
References: <13902.12.7.175.2.1183067383.squirrel@webmail.sonic.net> <20070628215829.GA10350@caradoc.them.org>

> No, I don't think this is obvious.  What does it mean to have a null
> string here and how can it happen?  I'm pretty sure it can't, and the
> if check is just clutter.

The reasoning is that, since we checked it for NULL in the
first statement of the function, we must believe that the
possibility exists for it to be NULL.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [OB] cli/cli-script.c, null ptr guard
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz

References:
- [OB] cli/cli-script.c, null ptr guard
  - From: msnyder
- Re: [OB] cli/cli-script.c, null ptr guard
  - From: Daniel Jacobowitz

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