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From: Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc>
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Subject: Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 02:14:00 +0300
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro to Anton Shepelev:

> > the failure to keep np->defn unchaged if the allocation
> > of the new defn value failed.
>
> Not sure what the point is here.

The original funtion can replace the .defn member of an
existing node with NULL and terminate abnormally, corrupting
the data structure.

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