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Re:Banned C standard library functions in Git source code by StreamBright on Sunday August 25, 2019 @01:18PM (#20794116)
All of them are null pointer exception & segfault free I bet.
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Re:Banned C standard library functions in Git source code by sfkdjf9j3j on Sunday August 25, 2019 @02:26PM (#20794584)
Due to the language's design, C programs are in fact guaranteed to be free of exceptions.
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Re:Banned C standard library functions in Git source code by teddyh on Sunday August 25, 2019 @04:18PM (#20795295)
Except SIGFPE.
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Re:Banned C standard library functions in Git source code by segfaultbuserr on Sunday August 25, 2019 @06:58PM (#20796200)
I nominate your comment for the HN comment of the day.
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Re:Banned C standard library functions in Git source code by StreamBright on Sunday August 25, 2019 @03:39PM (#20795020)
Nitpicking but you are right. Null pointer bugs (null pointer dereference to be precise) are all over the place in C though.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4007268/what-exactly-is-...

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