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Re: malloc-based ggc-page
On Jan 21, 2000, Richard Henderson <rth@cygnus.com> wrote:
> I don't see the point of playing malloc tricks when we can just
> provide the whole implementation. And more efficiently than the
> tricks to boot.
The point is:
>> And then, we wouldn't be allowing the users of libiberty to choose
>> their own memory management systems.
> What, you're suggesting any generic installed libiberty would
> provide this memory management stuff?
No, I'm not. You are :-)
Should libiberty supply a portable valloc replacement that relies upon
GNU malloc, users of this replacement wouldn't have the choice to
replace malloc. With the tricky solution I have came up with, that
works with *any* malloc implementation, they would.
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