Derek Parnell wrote:
On Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:07:52 +0200, Yigal Chripun wrote:
I see.
Having 3 functions: malloc(), expand() and free() is indeed a very good
design.
Unless you need to contract the allocated memory ;-) I believe that
realloc() does expansions and contractions, no?
expand() is a poorly-chosen name. People who are criticizing C's
allocation API really mean reallocInPlace. Then realloc() can be
implemented in terms of malloc, free, and reallocInPlace as a
convenience function.
Andrei
