Re: Style question: Should one check for NULL pointers?

[Eli Carter]

Alan Stern wrote:
[snip]
> Ultimately this comes down to a question of style and taste.  This 
> particular issue is not addressed in Documentation/CodingStyle so I'm 
> raising it here.  My personal preference is for code that means what it 
> says; if a pointer is checked it should be because there is a genuine 
> possibility that the pointer _is_ NULL.  I see no reason for pure 
> paranoia, particularly if it's not commented as such.
> 
> Comments, anyone?

BUG_ON() perhaps?

Eli
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