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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 01:24:57 -0400
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Subject: Re: nmalloc revisited
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 18:56:08 -0400
> > From: CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
> >
> > > > To address Charles Sandmanns concern over the documentation, I
> > > > have implemented it exactly to the existing documentation, with
> > > > the exception that malloc_debug has an additional FILE* parameter
> > > > to set the file on which to display results.  If that is NULL
> > > > stderr is used.  Easily changed back to eliminate the FILE*, and
> > > > add a new name or macro for that functionality.
> > >
> > > That's okay, but the additional functionality--the ability to control
> > > where the messages go--needs to be documented.
> >
> > I agree, but the mechanics of it are not simple for me.  The doc
> > change is only a line or two in the description of malloc_debug.
> 
> Simply modify malloc.txh--it's almost a plain text file.  If you are
> unsure about the markup, just do what you think is right, and someone
> else will fix it if required.
> 
> > This is the end plan, more or less, NOT the way it acts in
> > nmalloc.zip.  But I see a plain path to it, PROVIDED everything is
> > functional and tested with who knows what.
> 
> I don't have any objections, but this work needs to be done before
> nmalloc is made part of the library.

You mean you are ready to incorporate it?  This was intended to
allow others to thrash it, and expose any crawling creatures with
more than four legs or less than one.

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