[pgadmin3][Patch] Null this in pgConn::GetStatus - Mailing list pgadmin-hackers

From Stuart Gathman
Subject [pgadmin3][Patch] Null this in pgConn::GetStatus
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Msg-id 342698cb-0974-6b40-dfdf-cc505601d9c9@gathman.org
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Saw the convention to tag for pgadmin3 and patch, so posting a 3rd time.
 Sorry - new to pgadmin.

pgadmin3-1.22.1

When compiled with gcc6, the evil practice of "this == 0" fails
horribly.  The most obvious effect is crashing during startup.  I've
attached a simple patch.  The Fedora bugzilla is here:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335043

A detailed explanation of why this == 0 is evil:
http://www.viva64.com/en/b/0226/


The patch moves the guts of pgConn::GetStatus() to a static function,
where comparing the ptr arg to 0 is well defined, and makes the
GetStatus() member function call the static function inline.  It is
still technically undefined when calling the GetStatus member function
on a null ptr - but for now the compiler is not eliminating the test.
It is also a step in right direction, which would be to use the static
function at calling sites where the ptr could be null.




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