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reply Russel Winder <russel winder.org.uk> writes:
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What is the right idiom for testing that a function call does segfault
when you want it to?

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parent =?UTF-8?B?QWxleCBSw7hubmUgUGV0ZXJzZW4=?= <alex lycus.org> writes:
On 06-12-2012 10:02, Russel Winder wrote:

 What is the right idiom for testing that a function call does segfault
 when you want it to?



There is basically no portable, clean way to do that. Why are you 
relying on segmentation faults? It's generally speaking a very bad idea 
because behavior depends entirely on the platform and architecture...

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Alex Rønne Petersen
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Dec 06 2012