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Re: Prototyping printf()

  • Subject: Re: Prototyping printf()
  • From: Anton Gombkötö <Gombkoetoe@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 18:09:03 +0200
 

>I can think of absolutely no valid reason to store a pointer to a file.
>When data is in a file it is assumed it is for storage.  The next time
>you read the file there is no guarantee that the same data is going to
>be in the location pointed to by the pointer!

And it could be a major security issue! At least Carol Woodbury told us so 
at a Rochester Day at common. Obviously they have no chance / it would be a 
big effort to check whether the user is authorized to have a pointer at 
this object.

0.02 Euro

Anton Gombkötö

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