From:	Eric Backus <ericb AT lsid DOT hp DOT com>
Subject:	Oops, malloc
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (djgpp)
Date:	Sat, 8 May 93 13:04:50 PDT
Mailer:	Elm [revision: 66.25]

In a strange fit of amnesia, Eric Backus wrote:
> The malloc() function is not reserved or defined by ANSI C.  In
> theory, therefore, an ANSI C compiler must allow you to define a
> malloc() function (perhaps even one which has nothing to do with
> memory allocation), without breaking any ANSI C functions.  I guess
> non-ANSI C functions could be affected, though.

This is of course false.  ANSI C does indeed define malloc(), so you
can't just define your own unrelated malloc() that doesn't do memory
allocation.

> In practice, on a unix machine I have supplied alternate versions of
> malloc() to a program, and everything worked fine.  I haven't tried
> with DJGPP, but I bet it would work fine.

Fortunately, this is still true.
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				Eric Backus
				ericb AT lsid DOT hp DOT com
				(206) 335-2495

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