Paul Brook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | On Saturday 12 November 2005 18:32, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote: | > Per Bothner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > | A "function-never-returns-null" attribute doesn't seem like | > | the right mechanism. Instead, there should be a "never-null" | > | attribute on pointer types. A "function-never-returns-null" is | > | just a function whose return-type has the "never-null" attribute. | > | > We already have such mechanism: a reference type | | No. We've had this discussion before, and the conclusion what that reference | types can be NULL. | | http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-08/msg01463.html
That simply means GCC got it wrong. -- Gaby
