Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 14:56:54 -0600 From: seebs@plethora.net (Peter Seebach) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting memory allocators for library functions. Message-ID: <200102242056.f1OKus618979@guild.plethora.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 24 Feb 2001 21:48:27 %2B0100." <9469.983047707@critter>
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In message <9469.983047707@critter>, Poul-Henning Kamp writes: >The guarantee is "If malloc returns NULL there is no memory you can use". No, it's "if the memory is not available, malloc returns NULL". >That doesn't mean that just because != NULL is returned that memory >will in fact be available. Sure, and access to stdin can segfault too. If we want a decent quality of implementation for C, malloc can't lie. -s To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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