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Re: malloc attributes and realloc
Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@integrable-solutions.net> writes:
> Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> writes:
>
> | Gabriel Dos Reis <gdr@integrable-solutions.net> writes:
> |
> | > Now, it is you who are confusing "free()ed" and "freed".
> | > You have to be careful when reading the C standard :-)
> |
> | The standard talks about allocation and deallocation of memory.
> | Memory is allocated by malloc, calloc and realloc, and it is
> | deallocated by free and realloc.
>
> In user programs, yes. The standard does NOT impose such requirements
> on the implementation of the library.
And your point is? The implementation details of the C library are
completely beyond (or sortof below) the scope of the standard.
Andreas.
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