Add sentinel value to terminate the SUPPORTED_OBJECT_TABLE #11
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Because of how the bacnet-stack works, it is recommended to terminate the `SUPPORTED_OBJECT_TABLE` with a sentinel value that indicates the end. Steve Karg's usual way is to set the last value of the list to a value completely null with the exception of the type in which is set `MAX_BACNET_OBJECT_TYPE`. Co-authored-by: Ed <edward@bac-test.com>
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Because of how the bacnet-stack works, it is recommended to terminate the
SUPPORTED_OBJECT_TABLEwith a sentinel value that indicates the end.Steve Karg's usual way is to set the last value of the list to a value completely null with the exception of the type in which is set
MAX_BACNET_OBJECT_TYPE. See bacnet-stackdevice.cas an example of this. There the other values are set toNULL, but the only value required because it is normally the first one to be checked is the type.This change is to make your BACnet application more robust, because depending of the system and the compilation, it can causes issues, like segmentation faults (@BACnetEd, fix me if I am wrong or something additional to comment).
Note: as it is a small change, we prefer to keep it simple and clean. This commit is done in a branch with the latest of your
mainbranch.