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Who should take responsibility for library function calls?   [Edit]

Survey period: 17 Feb 2003 to 23 Feb 2003

When a library function is called, who is responsible for ensuring that the input data will not cause a program to crash, or worse - be susceptible to a security hole?

OptionVotes% 
The programmer calling the function should ensure the supplied input data is valid.11210.82
The programmer who wrote the library function should ensure that all input data is valid.43341.84
Both library function writer and caller should validate all input data independently.44042.51
Neither - just use try...catch blocks to handle any problems.504.83



 
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