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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 19:03:55 +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:

> Note that many programs that use xmalloc/xfree provide their own
> (often incompatible) prototypes.  Hence the commenting-out.

Sure, but that was an okay solution as long as it would compile with the 
default switches.  If it now does NOT compile in C++ programs, it is IMHO 
better to supply a wrong prototype that compiles than prevent them from 
compiling at all.

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