On Saturday 12 November 2005 18:32, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote: > Per Bothner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | A "function-never-returns-null" attribute doesn't seem like > | the right mechanism. Instead, there should be a "never-null" > | attribute on pointer types. A "function-never-returns-null" is > | just a function whose return-type has the "never-null" attribute. > > We already have such mechanism: a reference type
No. We've had this discussion before, and the conclusion what that reference types can be NULL. http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2004-08/msg01463.html Paul
