Re: Is my check for NULL pointer incorrect
* Slain:
It has less to do with honesty and more with pasting huge chunks of
code? It involves the interaction of two components and mcuh more work
to explain that part. Hence I wrote a very similar prototype. Is the
real aim to help clear doubts or to debug code.
The question is straightforward. When my pointer looks like it has
nothing in it, why is the NULL check failing? That is it. I don't
really see how pasting real code would help any better.
In addition to stop posting fake code, and stop arguing the good advice you get,
could you please refrain from top-posting in this group?
And please also trim your quoting, e.g., don't quote signatures.
And perhaps, please, read the FAQ before posting, as you've been adviced to do.
On Aug 20, 7:51 pm, Victor Bazarov <v.Abaza...@comAcast.net> wrote:
Slain wrote:
Okay here is a better attempt. I was trying to keep it easy to read
namespace Utility {
RESULT
validateUtility(const char *FileName, ID Type, const char *pCode,
LoadFile* load)
{
if(load == NULL)
return 0;
//get the file
load.getDATA();
}
I crash in load.getDATA();
cause when I look at load it is
<LoadFile*> 0x0
Say, whom are you trying to kid? Post real code please. Otherwise,
it's GIGO. If you aren't being honest with us, what do you want in return?
V
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