Re: Why I think it's worth fixing Valgrind warnings

[Scott Ritchie]

Dan Kegel wrote:
> That said, it's important when fixing Valgrind errors to
> really understand the code you're changing, lest you
> paper over a bug with another bug, or make things worse.

*cough* Debian and OpenSSL *cough* ;)

On the other hand, you shouldn't have to be completely intimately
familiar with it like the original author was.  It's a real problem if
our code can't be read by a reasonably skilled hacker and fixed properly
when Valgrind starts spewing warnings.

Thanks,
Scott Ritchie