Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 09:36:36 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Felix Natter <fnatter AT gmx DOT net>
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Subject: Re: xmalloc and xfree
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On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Felix Natter wrote:

> thanks for your help,
> but the problem is that the prototypes
> for 'xmalloc' and 'xfree' are (were) commented out
> in include/stdlib.h.

Beware: unconditional uncommenting might get you in trouble with C 
programs of Unix origin that declare incompatible prototypes for 
xmalloc.  I suggest to make the prototypes visible for C++ programs 
only, with #ifdef __cplusplus.

> shouldn't this be fixed with regard to djdev2.03,
> or is it already ?

We will see.  There are some considerations against it.