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From: throopw@dg_rtp.UUCP (Wayne Throop)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: declaration placements and fgets (query)
Message-ID: <1924@dg_rtp.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-May-87 10:54:32 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 18 10:54:32 1987
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> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek)
>> ries@trwrb.UUCP (Marc Ries)

>>... the core dump is entirely dependent upon whether the char *line
>>comes before or after the FILE *fp, *fopen() declaration.
>  The variable is *not* initialised, hence it contains trash.

Worth noting: lint would have caught this error.  Moral: use lint.

I think there is only one valid justification for not using type and
usage checking tools like lint.  And that's if they aren't available to
you.

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