Re: [Bug-gnulib] extended xmalloc.c

[Paul Eggert]

Dave Love <address@hidden> writes:

> rms has agreed to drop K&R support in Emacs, so that problem has gone
> away.

Yay!

> Could you include this so that I can sync alloca.c with Emacs.

Hmm, but that patch was to xmalloc.c, though; why is it relevant to
syncing alloca.c with Emacs?

> I assume programs other than Emacs might want to block input anyhow,
> so this may be more generally useful.

I tend to agree with Bruno here; I doubt whether any program other
than Emacs cares about this stuff.  Even if some other programs need
it, I'd rather put it into a separate module.  Perhaps we should just
leave the code with Emacs now, and worry about putting it into gnulib
only if some non-Emacs code needs it.

(I must confess to a vested interest in sidestepping this change; I am
campaigning to get rid of XFREE and xfree and the like.)