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[Perl/perl5] 41a194: configure.com: remove DECC guards around stdlib.h

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  Branch: refs/heads/blead
  Home:   https://github.com/Perl/perl5
  Commit: 41a194c72aba299e2c8674ecd36fecaa87af0a6d
      https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/41a194c72aba299e2c8674ecd36fecaa87af0a6d
  Author: Craig A. Berry <craigberry@mac.com>
  Date:   2026-01-30 (Fri, 30 Jan 2026)

  Changed paths:
    M configure.com

  Log Message:
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  configure.com: remove DECC guards around stdlib.h

Once upon a time there was a K & R era compiler called VAX C that
did not have stdlib.h but also did not require function prototypes
for the probes to work.  When DEC C came along, it did need the
prototypes, but in order to support both compilers, we had to
guard the inclusion of stdlib.h so we didn't attempt to include it
where it didn't exist.

It's been many years since it's been possible to build without
stdlib.h, so include it unconditionally and remove the guards,
which are just cruft at this point.



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