On 7/25/10 2:36 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> why do you need to use those function names ? using a name spaced function
> like rl_malloc or _rl_malloc would keep the same functionality without
> clashing with other people.
No, it wouldn't. It would not allow, for instance, an application to
control all the memory allocation and management readline performs.
> "xmalloc" is a pretty common name for people to
> use in their own projects and i dont think people even realize that readline
> is doing this. i know i wasnt aware of it and have used readline along with
> xmalloc in my application before.
Exactly. You can override readline's use of xmalloc easily -- almost
without effort.
Chet
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