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Re: recalloc

From Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: recalloc
Date 2015-06-21 12:44 -0700
Organization None to speak of
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Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
> On 21/06/15 07:32, jacobnavia wrote:
>> calloc zeroes the new memory. But there is no way to re-alllocate the
>> memory block WITH zeroes in the new portion, if the new size is bigger.
>>
>> lcc-win introduces recalloc, with the same signature as realloc but
>> zeroing the new memory.
>
> The name recalloc is in user namespace. Since you're the implementation, 
> shouldn't you be calling it _recalloc?

Or, better IMHO, call it recalloc and declare it in a non-standard
header.

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recalloc jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-06-21 08:32 +0200
  Re: recalloc luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2015-06-20 23:43 -0700
    Re: recalloc Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-21 10:00 +0100
      Re: recalloc luser droog <luser.droog@gmail.com> - 2015-06-21 09:57 -0700
  Re: recalloc Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-06-21 07:51 +0100
    Re: recalloc jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-06-21 09:22 +0200
      Re: recalloc Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-21 09:49 +0100
        Re: recalloc jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-06-21 12:00 +0200
          Re: recalloc Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-21 12:46 +0100
          Re: recalloc James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-06-21 12:25 -0400
            Re: recalloc David Kleinecke <dkleinecke@gmail.com> - 2015-06-22 08:27 -0700
          Re: recalloc James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-06-21 12:30 -0400
          Re: recalloc Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-06-21 13:00 -0700
    Re: recalloc Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-06-21 12:44 -0700
  Re: recalloc jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-06-21 10:30 +0200
  Re: recalloc Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-06-21 10:14 -0700
    Re: recalloc Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-06-21 19:28 +0100
    Re: recalloc Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-06-21 20:10 +0100
      Re: recalloc Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-06-21 12:46 -0700
      Re: recalloc Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-06-21 13:41 -0700
        Re: recalloc Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-06-22 00:02 +0100
    Re: recalloc jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-06-21 22:59 +0200
      Re: recalloc Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-06-21 14:18 -0700
  Re: recalloc Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-11 04:50 -0700
    Re: recalloc jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-07-11 16:18 +0200
      Re: recalloc Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-11 13:51 -0700
        Re: recalloc jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-07-12 15:51 +0200
          Re: recalloc Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-07-15 03:57 -0700

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