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Re: x* functions
From: |
Kalle Olavi Niemitalo |
Subject: |
Re: x* functions |
Date: |
21 Sep 2001 08:23:39 +0300 |
James Morrison <rocketmail_com@rocketmail.com> writes:
> Is there any place that will list the x* functions such as
> xmalloc, xrealloc.
And xstrdup and xcalloc. No, I don't think there's a standard
list. It depends on what the program needs.
> Are these functions actually in any libraries
> or would a programmer have to create a file for each program that
> has each of these functions?
I don't know of any library that has them and is used by multiple
packages. The functions are so simple that I wouldn't want to
make a program depend on a library just to get them. Besides,
different programs may have different requirements on what to do
when out of memory.
Why do you ask this?
> Which list would a question like this go on?
It sure isn't Hurd-specific. Much GNU code uses these functions
so a GNU programming list might be a good bet, but
<http://www.gnu.org/prep/mailinglists.html> mentions no such
list. Perhaps a generic programming newsgroup, then.