Re: Style question: Should one check for NULL pointers?

Eli Carter
2003-07-10T20:38:11Z

Alan Stern wrote:
[snip]
> Ultimately this comes down to a question of style and taste. This
> particular issue is not addressed in Documentation/CodingStyle so I'm
> raising it here. My personal preference is for code that means what it
> says; if a pointer is checked it should be because there is a genuine
> possibility that the pointer _is_ NULL. I see no reason for pure
> paranoia, particularly if it's not commented as such.
>
> Comments, anyone?

BUG_ON() perhaps?

Eli
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