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Cc: Daniel Eischen <deischen@FreeBSD.org>, arch@FreeBSD.org,
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* Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> [070512 08:11] wrote:
> 
> 
> Actually, I'm not convinced that crashing the program isn't the right 
> answer. If an application corrupts memory managed by libc or other 
> libraries, crashing is generally considered an entirely acceptable failure 
> mode.

Phk malloc has said otherwise for the past ... 10 years?

I like how phk malloc has it as an option.

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- Alfred Perlstein