[PATCH] Fix 'array subscript is above array bounds' warning in res_send.c
Paul Eggert
eggert@cs.ucla.edu
Tue Dec 16 18:42:00 GMT 2014
On 12/16/2014 10:05 AM, Roland McGrath wrote:
> changing the source code just to make the compiler happy is not the thing
> we avoid: it's changes that de-optimize the generated code.
For what it's worth, we use a similar rule in Gnulib and core GNU apps.
That being said, I can't resist mentioning that Dijkstra was a fan using
the 'i == n' test as opposed to the 'i >= n' test in cases like these,
so I expect he would not have favored this change. Dijkstra's argument
was that if 'i == n' is correct, then using 'i >= n' will make the code
more robust in the presence of programming errors elsewhere, which is
not what you should want: you should want your program to crash nicely
(not limp along) in the presence of these other errors. Those were the
days, eh?
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