Re: Debugging standard C library routines

Richard Heathfield wrote:
Eric Sosman said:


jacob navia wrote:

Frederick Gotham wrote:


Richard Heathfield posted:

Initialise every pointer.

Initializing every pointer does no harm, [...]

It does no harm to the running program, certainly. But
it *does* harm the process of developing the program, by
removing the compiler's ability to warn about certain kinds
of errors.


I beg to differ. I mean, yes, it has the effect that you say it has - on
some compilers, anyway - but it doesn't harm the development process at
all.

Thank goodness C99 gave us the ability to declare variables at point of
use, this entire debate becomes moot.

--
Ian Collins.
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