PARM_UNINIT_PTR
Array parameter is uninitialized pointer
Problem
Diagnosis (at runtime)
Repair

PARM_UNINIT_PTR

Array parameter is uninitialized pointer

This error is generated whenever an uninitialized pointer is passed as an argument to a function which expects an array parameter.

Problem

This code passes the uninitialized pointer a to routine foo.

	1:	/*
	2:	 * File: parmuptr.c
	3:	 */
	4:	char foo(a)
	5:		char a[10];
	6:	{
	7:		return a[0];
	8:	}
	9:
	10:	main()
	11:	{
	12:		char *a;
	13:
	14:		foo(a); 
	15:		return (0);
	16:	}

Diagnosis (at runtime)

	[parmuptr.c:6] **PARM_UNINIT_PTR**
1.	>> 	{
	
2.		Array parameter is uninitialized pointer: a

		Stack trace where the error occurred:
3.			 	 foo() parmuptr.c, 6
				main() parmuptr.c, 14

1. Source line at which the problem was detected.
2. Description of the problem and the argument that is in error.
3. Stack trace showing the function call sequence leading to the error.

Repair

This problem is usually caused by omitting an assignment or allocation statement that would initialize a pointer. The code given, for example, could be corrected by including an assignment as shown below.

	/*
	 * File: parmuptr.c (Modified)
	 */
	...
	main()
	{
	      char *a, b[10];
	      a = b;
	      foo(a);
	}

PARM_NULL

PARM_WILD