Re: question (preference?) about xmalloc

[Larry Jones]

Noel L Yap writes:
> 
> For safety, I propose that xmalloc zero out the memory it allocates.  Any
> comments or rebuttals?

If the code's correctly written, it's a waste of time.  If the code
isn't correctly written, it may well hide that fact and delay the code's
getting fixed.

It's also not portable -- according to the C standard, all zero bits
doth not a null pointer make.

-Larry Jones

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