On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
> From: Bodo Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> moeller> So should we delete the superfluous zeroing from those functions that
> moeller> currently do it theirselves, or should we remove zeroing from the
> moeller> expand function and move it to those functions that need it and don't
> moeller> do it? It's not just wasted cycles, also it's confusing to those
> moeller> who try to read the source code.
>
> I'd prefer to have it in one central place than duplicated all over
> the place, so I think that zeroing code should be removed from the
> callers when and if present...
So does this mean that I should get off my butt and start trying to put
some of those centralised "heap tricks" together? (sounds like a band
doesn't it?) Ie. like where you can flag allocated memory as having a
level of security so that reallocs or frees will sanitise appropriately?
Cheers,
Geoff
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