[openssl-project] Removal of NULL checks
Salz, Rich
rsalz at akamai.com
Thu Aug 9 13:49:27 UTC 2018
> it's NULL. Now imagine that this stack was some kind of deny list. If
> entry producer didn't pay attention to error when creating stack and
> putting things into it, consumer would be led to belief that there is
> nothing to deny and let through the requests that are supposed to be
> denied.
This is another reason why I am opposed to NULL checks.
> Oh! Triggering factor was quite a number of unchecked pushes in apps.
Real code often doesn't check return values. Even ours. :(
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