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| author | Dimitri Staessens <dimitri.staessens@intec.ugent.be> | 2016-02-26 09:18:24 +0100 |
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| committer | Dimitri Staessens <dimitri.staessens@intec.ugent.be> | 2016-02-26 09:18:24 +0100 |
| commit | 44fa4a0d43a4026a091f82a055c649aa7c922706 (patch) | |
| tree | 42fb669fedbfc79ca0b09a1726810f82392da85d | |
| parent | 74ec49125d0f5e01db376f13a627c892d6fcc68a (diff) | |
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workflow: Update guidelines on use of pointers
the void * returned by malloc should not be explicitly cast
when checking pointers for validity, only use (ptr == NULL)
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diff --git a/doc/workflow.txt b/doc/workflow.txt index ee4afb95..e48375bb 100644 --- a/doc/workflow.txt +++ b/doc/workflow.txt @@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ int * a; instead of
int *a;
+- don't explicitly cast malloc, but do
+
+your * = malloc (sizeof *your * len);
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+- when checking for invalid pointers use
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+if (ptr == NULL), instead of if (!ptr)
+
3. Development workflow
Git is used as a version tooling for the code. Releases are identified
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