gcc and NULL function pointers.

[Peter da Silva]

In article <16540 at smoke.brl.mil> gwyn at smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:
> No, it's better to detect coding errors as soon as possible so they can
                     ^^^^^^

This is the critical word. In the case I brought up, and other similar cases,
the compiler cannot detect the coding error. It will silently produce bad code.
That, to me, is the worst possible outcome.
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