Re: libusb_init causes segfault

[Peter S. <pe...@st...>]

Akos Vandra wrote:
> If libusb_init is supplied with a nil pointer, it causes a segfault. Even
> though this is a user application error, it should be checked, and an error
> should be returned.

libusb on purpose doesn't check application data, and adding checks
would need to be not just in libusb_init but in every function for
every parameter. That was never really desirable, even during design
discussion for the 1.0 API many years ago.

Documentation patches to make it more clear what parameters are
allowed where are of course always welcome!


Thanks

//Peter