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On Tue, 5 Mar 2002, CBFalconer wrote:

> > Features such as those in malldbg.c cannot be implemented that way, since
> > they are meant to be used by ordinary users, not source code hackers.
> > 
> > For example, how do you implement a feature that shows a report of
> > allocated and free blocks?
> 
> See my other posting a few minutes ago.  The free blocks can
> ALWAYS be traced.

That was just an example.  A hook is more general than any specific code, 
because it allows a programmer to implement many features that the 
original author never had in mind.