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Re: simplify GNU Emacs builds by replacing malloc
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John Wiegley |
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Re: simplify GNU Emacs builds by replacing malloc |
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Thu, 22 Jun 2017 11:48:03 -0700 |
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>>>>> "PE" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
PE> On 06/21/2017 11:29 PM, John Wiegley wrote:
>> Was there any particular reason for the macro approach?
PE> Which macro approach, the approach currently in Emacs, or the approach
PE> proposed in Bug#27416? If the former, we have to be careful about
PE> redefining the malloc function, as this has undefined behavior in C; this
PE> is why Emacs #defines malloc instead. If the latter, it's a longer story
PE> but that approach didn't work and the proposal has been withdrawn, so I'm
PE> not sure it's worth taking the time to explain.
I meant the former, thanks for the clarification.
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