Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Out of range pointers Message-ID: <1988Sep27.172738.16453@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <867@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu> <3200@geac.UUCP> <1430@ficc.uu.net> <1988Sep15.145026.20325@ateng.uucp> <16041@ism780c.isc.com <28227@think.UUCP> <8557@smoke.ARPA> <33666@XAIT.XEROX.COM> <8564@smoke.ARPA> <33789@XAIT.XEROX.COM> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 88 17:27:38 GMT In article <33789@XAIT.XEROX.COM> g-rh@XAIT.Xerox.COM (Richard Harter) writes: >... I would say that it pays to perform parameter validation... True, but in general one must draw the line somewhere. It's almost always possible to add just one more check. There usually has to be some sort of balance with efficiency. -- NASA is into artificial | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology stupidity. - Jerry Pournelle | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu