Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

"Ben-chin K. Cha" <[email protected]> · Mon, 22 Nov 1999 11:24:35 -0600 (CST)

>      Yes, I have noticed.  It was that way when I got it.  I think it
> is a hack to avoid some kind of error, but I don't know what.  Perhaps
> it is to force CA to allocate the usual structures instead of properly
> handling the situation.  I haven't changed it on the grounds that (1)
> it (up to now) didn't seem to be causing problems and (2) "Never
> change a working code ...".  It looks like bad coding proctice, and it
> would be nice to eliminate it, even if it weren't continually calling
> CA as Noboru says.
> 
>       Unless someone tells me it is a known trick and has a purpose, I
> will eliminate it (in the next release).
> 

I also use this " " to replace the NULL pvname if the user 
mistakenly provided a NULL string for name search to an 
interactive CA client. If I remember it right this will 
avaoid the problem of core dump and accidentally get 
out of the interactive CA client.

Ben-chin

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System