Re: [gtk-list] Re: gtk_init wierdness

[Scott Stone <sstone ume pht co jp>]

On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, katre wrote:

> > 
> > On Thu, 22 Oct 1998, Jason A. Pfeil wrote:
> > 
> > > What is the value of story_file_p?  Trying to close a file pointer that
> > > points to null is also suicidal for a program.
> > 
> > I've noticed that closing a null pointer IS ok if you're using libc5, but
> > glibc does produce the segv, as it should.  Note, some older apps that
> > were designed with libc5 think that it's perfectly okay to close null
> > pointers, and don't check for it... it's scary :)
> > 
> 
> Would it still cause a crash if it's not being executed.  Seriously, the only
> code being executed here is the printf(), gtk_init(), and the last printf().
> Why should it matter if a function that is not called tries to close a NULL
> pointer?

it wouldn't.  Like I said before, compile your program, and post the
output from running ldd on it, please.

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