From 0e1f75306a6ff50f7dafc235a94f2c0b5081b8c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Lu <songyulu@hdfgroup.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 14:44:53 -0500
Subject: [svn-r6199] Purpose:     error-detection improvement Description:    
 verify string parameter in function H5T_vlen_str_mem_getlen isn't nil.

---
 src/H5Tvlen.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/H5Tvlen.c b/src/H5Tvlen.c
index 343f48b..b8a4a25 100644
--- a/src/H5Tvlen.c
+++ b/src/H5Tvlen.c
@@ -291,8 +291,9 @@ H5T_vlen_str_mem_getlen(H5F_t UNUSED *f, void *vl_addr)
     FUNC_ENTER_NOAPI(H5T_vlen_str_mem_getlen, FAIL);
 
     /* check parameters */
-    assert(s);
-
+    if (!s)
+        HGOTO_ERROR(H5E_ARGS, H5E_BADTYPE, FAIL, "null pointer");
+            
     /* Set return value */
     ret_value=(hssize_t)HDstrlen(s);
 
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