How to test whether strstr() returns a null pointer or not?

[Richard Bos]

The bug is in the compiler. That's why MS want a bug report.

You've never used WinXP, have you?

Richard

 

[Flash Gordon]

Is it? Does the "report the problem to Microsoft" message reliably
indicate a bug in Microsoft's compiler, or could it be triggered by a
bug in the program itself? (I have no idea what the answer to that
question is.)

<OT>
For the record, and from personal experience, I can state categorically
that it can be triggered by a bug in a program. I know this because I
have had it from code written using Delphi and found that the problem
really was a problem in the code I had compiled.

If it's the result of undefined behavior in the program, recompiling
with another compiler coud very well *seem* to correct the problem.

In fact, I would use this as an indication that the program almost
certainly invokes undefined behaviour rather than thinking it means a
compiler bug. I *have* found compiler bugs, but not anywhere near as
often as I've found bugs in the code being compiled.

 

[Mark]

<OT>
For the record, and from personal experience, I can state categorically
that it can be triggered by a bug in a program. I know this because I have
had it from code written using Delphi and found that the problem really
was a problem in the code I had compiled.
</OT>

When did this become an 'html' group?

#ifdef off_topic_permitted

The 'report the problem to Microsoft' message may pop up whenever
an application crashes (dependant on how you set up windows)

In XP - system properties -> advanced tab -> error reporting button.

Has absolutely NOTHING to do with the compiler... unless it's the
compiler that crashed which caused the message!

#endif

 

[Keith Thompson]

When did this become an 'html' group?

It isn't; there is no "OT" tag in HTML. (Yeah, I'm taking the joke
too seriously.)

#ifdef off_topic_permitted

The 'report the problem to Microsoft' message may pop up whenever
an application crashes (dependant on how you set up windows)

In XP - system properties -> advanced tab -> error reporting button.

Has absolutely NOTHING to do with the compiler... unless it's the
compiler that crashed which caused the message!

#endif

Or unless it was a bug in the compiler that caused the application to
crash.

 

[Christopher Benson-Manica]

It isn't; there is no "OT" tag in HTML. (Yeah, I'm taking the joke
too seriously.)

It is XML, however...

Or unless it was a bug in the compiler that caused the application to
crash.

FWIW, in my experience this is not as unlikely as one might suppose.
We use a two-version old Borland suite, and we've learned that certain
operations are likely to trigger fatal compiler bugs...