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Reference of a uninitialized variable in grep -P

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Message #16 received at 18738-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Norihiro Tanaka <noritnk <at> kcn.ne.jp>
Cc: 18738-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18738: Reference of a uninitialized variable in grep -P
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 21:42:36 -0700

Norihiro Tanaka wrote:

> BTW, validation_boundary isn't initialized before pre-searching for an
> empty line

Oh, so *that's* the uninitialized variable you were referring to!  Sorry, I 
didn't know.  Yes, it should be initialized; it's not portable to assume that 
NULL < valid pointers.  I installed your patch.

This whole area should be cleaned up, I think, but not just before a release.

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