From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17269 invoked by alias); 22 Apr 2006 13:00:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 17261 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Apr 2006 13:00:39 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail.artimi.com (HELO mail.artimi.com) (217.40.213.68) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sat, 22 Apr 2006 13:00:37 +0000 Received: from mail.artimi.com ([192.168.1.3]) by mail.artimi.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Sat, 22 Apr 2006 14:00:34 +0100 Received: from rainbow ([192.168.1.165]) by mail.artimi.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Sat, 22 Apr 2006 14:00:34 +0100 From: "Dave Korn" To: "'Greg Law'" , Subject: RE: decode_variable's use of not_found_ptr Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2006 21:21:00 -0000 Message-ID: <02eb01c6660c$be11b4f0$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <02e201c66607$98e13ca0$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-04/txt/msg00289.txt.bz2 On 22 April 2006 13:24, Dave Korn wrote: > > You could also try looking at the history of the file in CVS, see if that > comment was ever accurate; it's the sort of error that can easily creep in > during minor code tidyups. To clarify, what I mean is that the comment may have once been accurate and then some minor refactoring got the if..else legs confused with/without braces at some point in the past; not that someone misedited the comment! cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today....