Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 18:27:08 -0500 (EST)
From: Michael Phelps <morphine AT hops DOT cs DOT jhu DOT edu>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: sscanf() and NULL pointers
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.961226182357.3119A-100000@hops.cs.jhu.edu>
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	Is there a defined behavior for sscanf() when passed a NULL
pointer?  One of my programs worked fine under Win 95 but crashed with
CWSDPMI r3, presumably because CWSDPMI detects NULL pointer dereferences.
I had assumed that sscanf() would return a value of zero when passed a
NULL pointer.

						---Michael Phelps
						   morphine AT cs DOT jhu DOT edu


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                   Morphine