Validate allocated DataNode is not null to prevent gcc -Wnull-dereference (issue #830) #873
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gcc appears to warn about not checking for null when allocating these pointers. It is probably a false positive because clang does not issue the same warning, and optimizations can change how gcc issues this warning. Nonetheless, this is one approach to resolving the issue.
Addresses #830