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Re: are malloc/new calls annotated if they may return NULL?

From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
To: Ian Lance Taylor <ian at airs dot com>
Cc: Diego Novillo <dnovillo at redhat dot com>, GCC Mailing List <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: 17 Jan 2005 11:04:49 -0700
Subject: Re: are malloc/new calls annotated if they may return NULL?
References: <41EBDDED.3000009@redhat.com><m3wtucuegv.fsf@localhost.localdomain><m3brbo9bio.fsf@gossamer.airs.com>
Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com

>>>>> "Ian" == Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com> writes:

>> Interestingly, when I look through gcc/gcc, I can't find any real uses
>> of DECL_IS_MALLOC.  Some code sets it, and some code tests it to copy
>> the flag to a new decl, but nothing actually seems to use it.  Am I
>> missing something?

Ian> handle_malloc_attribute() in c-common.c.

This sets the flag on a decl.  Nothing I can find meaningfully reads
the flag.

Tom

Follow-Ups:
- Re: are malloc/new calls annotated if they may return NULL?
  - From: Daniel Berlin
- Re: are malloc/new calls annotated if they may return NULL?
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor

References:
- are malloc/new calls annotated if they may return NULL?
  - From: Diego Novillo
- Re: are malloc/new calls annotated if they may return NULL?
  - From: Tom Tromey
- Re: are malloc/new calls annotated if they may return NULL?
  - From: Ian Lance Taylor

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