Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!metro!cluster!nuts!bhpese.oz.au!Sm From: Sm@bhpese.oz.au (Scott Merrilees) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: perror - (was Re: redirecting output) Message-ID: <1990Jul8.224441.2096@bhpese.oz.au> Date: 8 Jul 90 22:44:41 GMT References: <22931@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <1990Jun29.172429.2818@zoo.toronto.edu> <1792@necisa.ho.necisa.oz> <5XE49LB@xds13.ferranti.com> <1990Jul7.020719.14239@bhpese.oz.au> <1796@necisa.ho.necisa.o Organization: BHP Rod & Bar, Newcastle, Australia Lines: 16 boyd@necisa.ho.necisa.oz (Boyd Roberts) writes: >In article <1990Jul7.020719.14239@bhpese.oz.au> Sm@bhpese.oz.au (Scott Merrilees) writes: >>I've never come across the need for the *++my_name == '\0' check, has >>anybody else? Boyd? >Well, I haven't seen it, but it can happen. >The philosophy of ``it'll never* happen, so don't code for it'' is _wrong_. I agree, but was mainly wondering if you had been bitten, and thus started checking for this. Looks like I'll need to rethink my one-liner, damn! Sm -- Scott Merrilees, BHP Information Technology, Newcastle, Australia Internet: Sm@bhpese.oz.au Phone: +61 49 402132