From: "DeHackEd" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp References: <19981007065343 DOT 24344 DOT qmail AT hotmail DOT com> Subject: Re: Linear address 0 makes my day ;) Lines: 18 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 01:04:57 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 142.194.222.145 NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 01:04:57 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com We would try to solve this bug, but I don't think Microsoft has released the source for Windows anywhere (imagine if they did!). Windows is the one with the bug, because using address 0 is SUPPOSE to be an error. Suppose malloc fails? It is supposed to return 0. Why would you think using this is good. Using it causes a crash so you know something is wrong. CWSDPMI crashes your program because that's all it can really do. Using address 0 is a problem, so what it is it suppoes to do? Pop up a dialog box saying Abort, Retry, Fail? (joke). -- "DeHackEd" My Email address in the header is fake (spammers). Email me at this address: http://www.geocities.com/cgi-bin/homestead/mail.pl?dehacked