On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 12:16 PM, Kyle Evans <kevan...@ksu.edu> wrote: > 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?
Aborting-on-failure malloc wrappers didn't begin or end at GNU. I don't think bsdgrep's malloc wrappers have anything to do with GNU. (xmalloc didn't at least; I haven't looked at the grep_malloc stuff). Best, Conrad _______________________________________________ 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"
