Re: gcc and mint-libs PL46

[Waldi Ravens <waldi@moacs.indiv.nl.net>]

In <2fd6450431530c1@anuurn.do.open.de>, Martin Koehling wrote:

> OTOH, there *are* libraries out there that *do* check for NULL filename
> pointers - for maximum portability, the MiNTlib should do so, too!

I think you're confusing library and OS. Some unices map page 0 to a
memory page containing 0's, so NULL pointers are the same as "". This
used to be the case under NetBSD/FreeBSD, but has been changed, since
it's not very helpfull for programmers trying to locate bugs.


Waldi