Hi. There is a compile time boundary check on the number of tags in dwm. Still, considering sl software is targeted at elite users it's not necessary IMO.
~k Christoph Lohmann <2...@r-36.net> wrote: >Greetings. > >On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 21:06:33 +0200 sin <s...@2f30.org> wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 08:56:05PM +0200, Roberto E. Vargas Caballero >wrote: >> > > It's runtime segfault (that may be rare and hard to catch) that >is >> > > worth exactly one additional check. >> > >> > Ok, we don't agree about this topic, so I would like listen the >opinion >> > of other suckless developers in order to take a decision. >> >> I agree with Roberto here, if a user makes a mistake in the >configuration >> and the program segfaults it is the user's responsibility. >> >> I do not think it is hard to catch, all it takes is to diff your >config >> against a known working copy (the default one for example). > >There are no users in suckless. There are only developers. Users have >to >use gnome. So knowing array boundaries and pointers is a must. If >you >would design config.h for end users, well you are already lost with >the >task. It’s impossible. > >For the special case: What’s the sense in sending a NULL string on >a >shortcut? You are supposed to get a strange error you can only solve >by >thinking when you do that. Roberto is right on this. Will we do >boundary >checks on the other variables too? > > >Sincerely, > >Christoph Lohmann
