Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:09:08 -0800 | From | Stephane Eranian <> | Subject | Re: kmalloc() with size zero |
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Hi,
On Sun, Mar 25, 2007 at 06:30:34PM +0200, Folkert van Heusden wrote: > > > I'd say "feature", glibc's malloc also returns an address on > > > malloc(0). > > > > > This is implementation defined-the standard allows for return of either > > null or an address. > > Entirely for entertainment: AIX (5.3) returns NULL, IRIX returns a valid > address. > That's interesting, so many different behaviors! Personally, I still prefer when malloc(0) returns zero because it makes it easier to catch errors.
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