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Subject: Re: malloc.h
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To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 01:20:50 +0100 (CET)
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From: Cyrille Lefevre <clefevre@citeweb.net>
Organization: ACME
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Joerg Wunsch wrote:
> Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> wrote:
> 
> > This is how we've decided to encourage progress in this specific
> > case of header misuse.
> 
> IMHO the current version of <malloc.h> is wrong.  This header
> file used to be a legitimate header file prior to ANSI C.  So
> it should be
> 
> #if __STDC__

this statement is wrong. it should be

#ifdef __STDC__

or

#if (__STDC__-0) == 0

> # error "<malloc.h> is not part of the C standard, use <stdlib.h>"
> #else
> # include <stdlib.h>
> #endif
> 
> This way, if someone explicitly expresses his wish to compile ancient
> C code by using "-traditional", he could get what he wants.

Cyrille.
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Cyrille Lefevre                 mailto:clefevre@citeweb.net

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