Re: xmalloc string functions

Yevgen Muntyan wrote:
Ian Collins wrote:
Randy Howard wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 09:49:42 -0600, Kelsey Bjarnason wrote:
One wonders how many applications they've screwed over with that bit
of asinine idiocy.
Sure. That's why seeing an app crash on a linux box is "no big
surprise" anymore. It's also one of the reasons I don't run Linux
anymore except when I absolutely have to. It's not the kernel's
fault, but it is a problem with the normal way the platform is deployed.

<OT>Unlike some other platforms, Linux and UNIX platforms in general
offer the user a choice of desktop environments. One popular
alternative is written in TOL, which is better equipped to manage
dynamic memory</OT>

You mean those application will abort in the unexpected exception
handler instead of inside g_malloc()? Sure, that's certainly better.

No, I mean the application can choose where in the call chain to catch
memory allocation failures and take appropriate action. It can also use
appropriate techniques not available to a C application to manage the
lifetime of allocated memory, reducing the risk of leaks leading to
premature memory exhaustion.

--
Ian Collins.
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