Date:	Mon, 2 Jul 2001 19:51:24 -0400
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	(message from Daniel Barker on Tue, 3 Jul 2001 00:47:33 +0100 (BST))
Subject:	Re: malloc() problem, DJDEV 203
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> Alternatively, DJGPP malloc() could be changed to return NULL for
> zero-byte allocations. This is a significant change of behaviour but is
> allowed by the C standard.

No, there are far too many programs that expect malloc(0) to succeed,
even if the standard allows it to fail.

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