gcc and NULL function pointers.

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <WB7CF-2 at xds13.ferranti.com> peter at ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <16540 at smoke.brl.mil> gwyn at smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>> No, it's better to detect coding errors as soon as possible so they can
>This is the critical word. In the case I brought up, and other similar cases,
>the compiler cannot detect the coding error.

I was talking about the software tester, not the compiler, but in any case
as I recall the example, "lint" would catch the error.