Why does GCJ generate so many explicit checks for null pointers?

Tue Jul 29 15:15:00 GMT 2003

>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Sturm <jsturm@one-point.com> writes:

Jeff> But malloc can return NULL, right? From what I understand the
Jeff> malloc attribute is a hint for alias analysis, and doesn't say
Jeff> anything about the null-ness of its return value.
Duh on me, you're right.
Maybe we need some new internal attribute.
This sounds like something to put in bugzilla.
Tom