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Re: What standard library functions must deal with allocated memory?

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בתאריך יום רביעי, 25 באפריל 2012 06:24:33 UTC+1, מאת Keith Thompson:
> Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> writes:
> It wasn't a matter of depending on the availability of an allocation
> package; *any* conforming hosted implementation must provide malloc/free
> and the functions declared in <string.h>.
> 
A lot of implementations aren't conforming hosted implementations. Even MS Windows has a vandalised stderr in Window API mode. 
malloc() is one of the functions which is often difficult to provide. It's also banned in some environments. Proably this happens less often now than it did, as memories have got larger, malloc faster, and software design theory better understood. But many people felt that dynamic memory was slow and bug-prone.
 
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  Re: What standard library functions must deal with allocated memory? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-04-23 14:17 -0400
    Re: What standard library functions must deal with allocated memory? Francois Grieu <fgrieu@gmail.com> - 2012-04-23 20:37 +0200
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    Re: What standard library functions must deal with allocated memory? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-04-23 14:04 -0700
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    Re: What standard library functions must deal with allocated memory? Francois Grieu <fgrieu@gmail.com> - 2012-04-23 23:18 +0200
      Re: What standard library functions must deal with allocated memory? Eric Sosman <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> - 2012-04-23 21:55 -0400
        Re: What standard library functions must deal with allocated memory? Quentin Pope <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-04-24 02:07 +0000
          Re: What standard library functions must deal with allocated memory? Dr Nick <3-nospam@temporary-address.org.uk> - 2012-04-24 07:05 +0100
  Re: What standard library functions must deal with allocated memory? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-04-24 00:38 -0700
    Re: What standard library functions must deal with allocated memory? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2012-04-24 22:24 -0700
      Re: What standard library functions must deal with allocated memory? pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-04-25 08:04 -0400
      Re: What standard library functions must deal with allocated memory? Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2012-04-28 04:09 -0700
    Re: What standard library functions must deal with allocated memory? Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org> - 2012-04-25 01:19 -0500
      Re: What standard library functions must deal with allocated memory? pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> - 2012-04-25 07:55 -0400
  Re: What standard library functions must deal with allocated memory? gordonb.ho66c@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2012-04-27 20:44 -0500

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