Performance gain by avoiding arguments check is very small (less then 1%).

[Amit]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 1:07 AM Joseph Myers <josmyers@redhat.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Sep 2025, Amit wrote:
>
> > """"It is so less that it is better to validate the arguments to avoid
> > crashes, etc.""""
>
> Actually, reliably crashing a program on a bug (such as passing a null
> pointer to a function whose interface specifies that's not valid) can be
> much safer than continuing execution after undefined behavior.
>
> --
> Joseph S. Myers
> josmyers@redhat.com




I am not going to get into any discussion because I have learned that glibc
people are defensive people and they will defend their wrongdoings.

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