>> Today the code is like this:
>>
>> error = FT_New_Size( t42face->ttf_face, &ttsize );
>> t42size->ttsize = ttsize;
>> FT_Activate_Size( ttsize );
>>
>> My initial suggestion was:
>>
>> error = FT_New_Size( t42face->ttf_face, &ttsize );
>> if(error)
>> return error;
>> t42size->ttsize = ttsize;
>> FT_Activate_Size( ttsize );
>>
>> However, I observed that if ttsize is NULL, FT_Activate_Size
>> function will throw an exception. Great In this case, what do you
>> think about this another change?
>>
>> error = FT_New_Size( t42face->ttf_face, &ttsize );
>> if(!error)
>> t42size->ttsize = ttsize;
>> FT_Activate_Size( ttsize );
I agree with Alexei that the change you suggest is not necessary.
Maybe I'm wrong, however: do you have a font that exhibits a problem
with the original code?
Note that FreeType gets tested continuously with a fuzzer, and there
wasn't any report to the code in question.
Werner