Re: The return value of realloc(p,0)

From	Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: The return value of realloc(p,0)
Date	2023-09-05 05:23 -0700
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:

[ to realloc or malloc/copy/free ? ]

> Most of the code I've worked on has been bare metal (operating
> systems, hypervisors, run-time firmware) where dynamic allocation
> is either discouraged or managed with fixed size pool allocators
> or slab allocators, et cetera.  I suppose that's influenced my
> thinking about the desirability of realloc() and run-time heap
> management.
>
> Clearly others have found it useful.

Now that I understand your perspective I think we are on the
same page (no pun intended).  Stand-alone environments do
indeed promote a different mindset with respect to malloc()
and to memory allocation generally.

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Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-09-01 00:14 -0700
  Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2023-09-01 11:32 +0100
    Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2023-09-01 17:08 +0000
    Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-09-01 11:42 -0700
      Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-09-01 19:06 +0000
        Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-09-03 01:45 -0700
          Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-09-03 16:12 +0000
            Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-09-03 12:01 -0700
              Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-09-03 21:40 +0000
                Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2023-09-03 23:08 +0000
                Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2023-09-03 16:23 -0700
                Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-09-03 17:01 -0700
                Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2023-09-04 14:22 +0000
                Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-09-05 05:23 -0700
                Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2023-09-04 16:40 +0100
      Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2023-09-02 21:40 +0100
  Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2023-09-01 17:03 +0000
    Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2023-09-01 17:57 +0000
      Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2023-09-01 18:44 +0000
        Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2023-09-01 20:24 +0000
      Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-09-01 11:58 -0700
        Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> - 2023-09-01 19:14 +0000
          Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-09-03 12:03 -0700
    Re: The return value of realloc(p,0) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2023-09-01 11:55 -0700

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