lyn...@orthanc.ab.ca wrote: > The semantics of malloc() have been defined since almost the dawn of > time. From the current manpage: > RETURN VALUES > The malloc() and calloc() functions return a pointer to the allocated > memory if successful; otherwise a NULL pointer is returned. > Nowhere does it say that allocated memory might not exist. Nowhere > does it say that I have to touch all the allocated pages to make > sure they are really there. Nowhere does it say process death at > some non-deterministic time in the future might be a side effect > of calling malloc().
It's just using a different definition of "successful return of malloc()" to the one you're trying to use :-) - mark ---- Mark Newton Email: new...@internode.com.au (W) Network Engineer Email: new...@atdot.dotat.org (H) Internode Systems Pty Ltd Desk: +61-8-82232999 "Network Man" - Anagram of "Mark Newton" Mobile: +61-416-202-223 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
