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Date:      Sun, 5 Oct 2003 22:28:43 -0700
From:      James Jacobsen <james_jacobsen@lycos.co.uk>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: malloc() behavior (was: Pointer please)
Message-ID:  <20031006052843.GC22536@res241015.resnet.wsu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20031006052042.GA22536@res241015.resnet.wsu.edu> (from james_jacobsen@lycos.co.uk on Sun, Oct 05, 2003 at 22:20:42 -0700)
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Man, I need to learn to spell.  :)

--James

On 10/05/03 22:20:42, James Jacobsen wrote:
> What's really bad, is that freebsd could potentally change there  
> behavor down the line.  Its probably dictated by the way kernel  
> dezined, meaning they may do whats the cheapist.  I would.  If they  
> do its go to lead to some weird behavior.  :-)
> 
> --James
> 
> On 10/05/03 21:42:23, Robert Huff wrote:
>> 
>> James Jacobsen writes:
>> 
>> >  It does not matter what freebsd does, C does not require that
>> >  malloc initialize space according to Kernighan and Ritchie.
>> 
>> 	I knew that, and agree depending on a particular behavior is
>> bad programming practice.  That said, there's a lot of "bad
>> programmers" out there ....
>> 
>> 
>> 				Robert Huff
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>
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