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authorbstarynk <bstarynk@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4>2012-01-16 11:17:15 +0000
committerbstarynk <bstarynk@138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4>2012-01-16 11:17:15 +0000
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2012-01-16 Basile Starynkevitch <basile@starynkevitch.net>
MELT branch merged with trunk rev 183204 using svnmerge git-svn-id: svn+ssh://gcc.gnu.org/svn/gcc/branches/melt-branch@183208 138bc75d-0d04-0410-961f-82ee72b054a4
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@@ -2771,13 +2771,12 @@ efficient @code{jal} instruction.
@cindex @code{malloc} attribute
The @code{malloc} attribute is used to tell the compiler that a function
may be treated as if any non-@code{NULL} pointer it returns cannot
-alias any other pointer valid when the function returns.
+alias any other pointer valid when the function returns and that the memory
+has undefined content.
This will often improve optimization.
Standard functions with this property include @code{malloc} and
-@code{calloc}. @code{realloc}-like functions have this property as
-long as the old pointer is never referred to (including comparing it
-to the new pointer) after the function returns a non-@code{NULL}
-value.
+@code{calloc}. @code{realloc}-like functions do not have this
+property as the memory pointed to does not have undefined content.
@item mips16/nomips16
@cindex @code{mips16} attribute