The fixes as far as I can tell are pretty rudimentary, like if something is null and someone is trying to do something with it put an check for null around it.

The fixes as far as I can tell are pretty rudimentary, like if something is null and someone is trying to do something with it put an check for null around it. I would imagine if your used something like this consistently you code would become very much like a biological system -- a hack here a hack there... but hey it works.