Re: [Bug-gnulib] lib/setenv.c

[Bruno Haible]

Simon Josefsson writes:
> Why can't setenv.c use malloc() instead which is much more portable and
> standards compliant than alloca()?

Indeed setenv.c could use alloca() and freea() as defined through:

#if HAVE_ALLOCA
#define freea(p)
#else
#define alloca(n) xmalloc(n)
#define freea(p) free(p)
#endif

Bruno