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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd@gnu.org>
Cc: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r107337: Protect fileio.c primitives against invalid file handler return values.
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:39:47 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvzkce9nss.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8739a645zp.fsf@gnu.org> (Chong Yidong's message of "Mon, 20 Feb 2012 10:02:18 +0800")

> If the handler function returns an object of the wrong type, and that is
> not caught, Emacs is liable to crash if that return value is used in C
> code.

Note that such a crash would denote a bug in the C code (triggered by
a bug in the file-handler, of course, but a separate bug nevertheless).


        Stefan



      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-02-20  3:39 UTC|newest]

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     [not found] <E1Rz3pU-00020m-C6@vcs.savannah.gnu.org>
2012-02-20  1:29 ` /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r107337: Protect fileio.c primitives against invalid file handler return values Leo
2012-02-20  2:02   ` Chong Yidong
2012-02-20  2:30     ` Leo
2012-02-20  3:39     ` Stefan Monnier [this message]

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