From:	Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: How assign to NULL POINTER
Date:	Thu, 14 Nov 1996 18:48:52 -0800
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Cesar Scarpini Rabak wrote:

> Eli, this code fragment compiled w/DJGPP (albeit replacing myfunc by main
> straight) runs w/o problems!
> 
> I'm afraid that only assignments are forbidden, dereferencing (though I
> agree that point to a coding error as well are allowed).

Whether or not a _particular_ compiler crashes with a given call is
irrelevant; the ANSI C standard states that dereferencing a null pointer
for any reason is a Bad Thing To Do and will cause Bad Things To Happen.

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