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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 00:31:59 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 24 Jun 2024 02:14:00 +0300, Anton Shepelev wrote:

> 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.

OK, my version doesn’t do that.