From: "Tom St Denis" <tomstdenis AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: malloc() problem, DJDEV 203
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"DJ Delorie" <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote in message
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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.

While I agree that seems practical it isn't "a good thing".

What if we find another flaw in GCC ... shall we keep it because people have
been using it?

Tom