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Re: Catch emit_library_call being called with a NULL parameter
- To: gcc-patches at egcs dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: Catch emit_library_call being called with a NULL parameter
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at cygnus dot com>
- Date: 08 Mar 2000 19:55:20 -0700
- Newsgroups: cygnus.egcs.patches
- Organization: Cygnus Solutions
- References: <200003090224.SAA01633@elmo.cygnus.com>
- Reply-To: tromey at cygnus dot com
Nick> I am a big believer in paranoid programming and I like code that
Nick> checks all of its assumptions and all of its inputs. That is
Nick> while I like aborts and asserts.
Me too. I've noticed that gcc doesn't seem to use assert() but
instead uses `if ... abort()'. Is there a particular reason for this?
Tom