Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 12:13:16 +0100 From: Pete French <pfrench@firstcallgroup.co.uk> To: dalroi@solfertje.student.utwente.nl, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: malloc does not return null when out of memory Message-ID: <E19gMzE-000Nau-00@mailhost.firstcallgroup.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20030725221644.21516376@solfertje.student.utwente.nl>
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> That probably would mean that all the software should switch to a new > way of allocating memory, but it's a start... ...its only "a start" if you consider the current behaviour to be a problem. which under most normal uses of FreeBSd (and all the other UNIXs which do this) it doesnt seem to be. I realise its a bit of a shock to realise whats going on, but its not something most people run into in practice. -pcf.
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