Re: [xml] hash.c: problem and patch

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 09:30:17AM +0200, Peter Jacobi wrote:
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> Hi Daniel, All,
>
> Some days ago I wrote, that using Watcom C on Win32, validating 
> (xmllint --valid) segfaults, but only when compiled without debugging info.
>
> I was wondering since then whether the compiler or the code is to blame. 
> I still don't know the answer to this question, but I know the cause of the 
> segfaulting and I have a patch.
>
> The problem is the casting of a callback function to a different signature 
> in xmlHashScanner:
>
>   xmlHashScan(xmlHashTablePtr table, xmlHashScanner f, void *data) {
> !     xmlHashScanFull (table, (xmlHashScannerFull) f, data);
>   }
>
> I'm pretty sure the C++ standard sees this as cause of undefined 
> behaviour, but I don't know whether written or unwritten C rules require a 
> compiler to handle this.

  Hum, I think from a C point of view it's okay, but I have no clue about
C++ handling of this.

> Anyway, I've attached a patch which avoids this cast by using a stub 
> function with the right signature. Strictly speaking, it's not completely 
> kosher, as it still requires casting away a const modifier.

  Since this solves your problem, and doesn't seems to introduce any,
I applied your patch, thanks !

Daniel


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