Re: question (preference?) about xmalloc

[Derek Scherger]

> > For safety, I propose that xmalloc zero out the memory it allocates.  Any
> > comments or rebuttals?
> >
> For safety, I would prefer it does not.  I don't think we should
> use non-portable solutions to cover up the faults of badly-written
> software.  I'd feel more comfortable using the software knowing that
> some classes of errors would have been discovered.

So you would rather have problems occur *randomly* depending on what the
values *happen* to be at the moment? Personally, if something is not
properly initialized I'd like a core dump every time so that it is found
and fixed quickly.

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Cheers,
Derek
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Derek Scherger                         Echologic Software Corporation
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