Date: Mon, 12 Dec 94 09:41:09 -0500
From: dj AT stealth DOT ctron DOT com (DJ Delorie)
To: john AT umdsun2 DOT umd DOT umich DOT edu
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu, jmiller AT umdsun2 DOT umd DOT umich DOT edu,
        emazorow AT umdsun2 DOT umd DOT umich DOT edu, jwaling AT umdsun2 DOT umd DOT umich DOT edu
Subject: Re: Malloc


The problem is, you need code like this:

	buf = malloc(...);
	if (buf == 0)
		error();
	ok();

In your case, you are considering a NONZERO return to be an error,
which means that all valid pointers are errors!