Re: lib/39684 (RB_REMOVE trashes link to tree, when requested to remove object that isn't in tree)

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

The following reply was made to PR lib/39684; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
To: Quentin Garnier <cube%cubidou.net@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: lib/39684 (RB_REMOVE trashes link to tree, when requested to 
remove object that isn't in tree)
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 14:42:35 -0400

 On Oct 7,  8:33pm, cube%cubidou.net@localhost (Quentin Garnier) wrote:
 -- Subject: Re: lib/39684 (RB_REMOVE trashes link to tree, when requested to 
 
 | I don't see how the submitter's use of the function is different from,
 | say, doing strlen(NULL).  And would you really think there is a need to
 | mention that you shouldn't do strlen(NULL) in strlen(3)?
 | 
 | If so you have a huge documentation task ahead of you.
 
 I am not planning to do this of course and I understand what you are saying.
 The issue here is that the documentation used to say that it would return
 NULL on error and the code did not. Now it has been fixed.
 
 christos