On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Dimitry Andric <d...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > Where did xmalloc.c originate from? > > GNU. Almost all software from the GNU project relies on malloc wrappers > which abort the program on allocation failures.
This also explains the grep_* versions of `malloc`, `calloc`, `realloc`, and `strdup` that I've developed a slight distaste for. The "xmalloc" flavor also had some hash table bits to allow failing after $n allocations -- is that a slightly less common GNU-ism? Thanks, Kyle Evans _______________________________________________ svn-src-head@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-head To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-head-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
