On Aug 15, 2012, at 12:10 PM, Guy Harris wrote: > On Aug 15, 2012, at 8:12 AM, Evan Huus wrote: > >> I'm a fan of a macro like Jakub mentioned as part of the old conversation: >> >> http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev/201105/msg00205.html > > ...but let's have the macro report a dissector bug if it sees a null pointer. > The dissector in question should probably say something other than just > "(null)" if whatever routine supplied the pointer failed for some reason.
...or the non-dissector: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?revision=44512&view=revision "unspecified" is better than "(null)" in that context. Perhaps, instead, the macro should take *two* arguments: #define NULL_CHECK(p, substitute) ((p) != NULL ? (p) : (substitute)) and force everybody to decide what the protocol tree item/message/whatever should say if the pointer *is* null. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org> Archives: http://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-requ...@wireshark.org?subject=unsubscribe