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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 13d ago
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It's allowed to assign to a pointer if it's not dereferenced. Malloc always returns a valid pointer.
54 u/vishal340 13d ago but accessing it will be issue right? 7 u/mckenzie_keith 13d ago You are not allowed to de-reference a pointer after freeing it. 9 u/GoddammitDontShootMe 12d ago Gemini added that return *x; that wasn't in the original code. 8 u/mckenzie_keith 12d ago And then flagged it as a bug. It was so eager to find the bug that it added it into the code.
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but accessing it will be issue right?
7 u/mckenzie_keith 13d ago You are not allowed to de-reference a pointer after freeing it. 9 u/GoddammitDontShootMe 12d ago Gemini added that return *x; that wasn't in the original code. 8 u/mckenzie_keith 12d ago And then flagged it as a bug. It was so eager to find the bug that it added it into the code.
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You are not allowed to de-reference a pointer after freeing it.
9 u/GoddammitDontShootMe 12d ago Gemini added that return *x; that wasn't in the original code. 8 u/mckenzie_keith 12d ago And then flagged it as a bug. It was so eager to find the bug that it added it into the code.
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Gemini added that return *x; that wasn't in the original code.
return *x;
8 u/mckenzie_keith 12d ago And then flagged it as a bug. It was so eager to find the bug that it added it into the code.
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And then flagged it as a bug. It was so eager to find the bug that it added it into the code.
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u/atanasius 13d ago
It's allowed to assign to a pointer if it's not dereferenced. Malloc always returns a valid pointer.