Re: PATCH: virtual memory exhausted when xmalloc(0) returns 0

2005-03-24 Thread Philip Guenther
Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Just a note: the 1989 ANSI C standard (adopted as the ISO C standard in >1990) required that malloc(0) return a valid pointer, so any system that >doesn't provide this capability is not even compliant with the most >basic, bare minimum set of standards require

Re: PATCH: virtual memory exhausted when xmalloc(0) returns 0

2005-03-09 Thread Paul D. Smith
%% "John Jenniskens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: jj> This occurs on platforms where malloc(0) returns 0. I've found the jj> error on AIX and on TRU64 (dec-osf) platforms. Just a note: the 1989 ANSI C standard (adopted as the ISO C standard in 1990) required that malloc(0) return a valid point

PATCH: virtual memory exhausted when xmalloc(0) returns 0

2005-03-09 Thread John Jenniskens
Hello, Given the following very small makefile: all: @echo TEST Succesfull!! make-3.80 with --no-builtin-rules fails: /home/huminf/johnj> make --no-builtin-rules -f test.mak make: *** virtual memory exhausted. Stop. This occurs on platforms where malloc(0) returns 0. I've found