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Subject: Re: malloc does not return null when out of memory
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The Single UNIX Specification extends malloc() function, a little.
Following URL is of the manual page of this function:
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007904975/functions/malloc.html
Read "ERRORS" and "Issue 6" sections. Should FreeBSD be conformed to
this standard?

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