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Am 14.01.2017 um 13:11 schrieb Ozkan Sezer (sezeroz AT gmail DOT com) [via 
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> Problems are not from including stdlib.h but from not including string.h
> E.g. cpu.c from flac library includes memory.h possibly to get the proto
> for memset(). Their decision might be debatable,

That decision is well beyond debatable.  It's totally and flat-out 
wrong.  <string.h> has been the header to get memset() from for over 25 
years now.

It's one thing to #include <memory.h> too, if the system has it.  But 
there's no sane excuse left for _not_ including <string.h> if it exists.

>>  Would it be okay to
>> simply add string.h, without removing stdlib.h?

It would be okay for the user code to do that.

But strictly speaking, system headers are effectively forbidden from 
doing that by the language standard.  Code that doesn't include a 
standard library header is granted license to assume that some things 
from that header are _not_ defined, i.e. that they're free for other use.

Yes, that means the existing #include of <stdlib.h> by <memory.h> also 
not really allowed.

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