Date:	Mon, 11 Oct 1999 19:15:03 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: xmalloc and xfree
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On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, DJ Delorie wrote:

> What I meant was that I expect many C++ programs being *ported* to
> djgpp to provide their own (conflicting) prototypes for xmalloc/xfree,
> as they would also provide their own implementations of those also,
> and would need their own prototypes for other OSs.

I'd rather expect C++ programs not to use xmalloc, but instead use 
operator new and catch its errors.  That's why I think the problem with 
ported programs is much less serious for C++.

Do you object to enabling the prototype under __cplusplus?

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