[Gnu-arch-users] Re: posible issue on ia64 with va_args.

[Stefan Monnier]

> It happens with some debugging systems (which I believe was the
> original intent), where they use a tagged NULL pointer so that instead
> of "Dereferenced NULL <segfault>", you get "Dereferenced NULL from
> foo.c:63 <segfault>", which can be very useful on occasion.

Wouldn't that tend to cause problems where

    assert (NULL
            ==
            NULL);

can fail?


        Stefan