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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 443bc5ffcf7429e557f4a371b0661abe98ddbc1 diff --git a/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/malloc.texi b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/malloc.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..36edb52 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/malloc.texi @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +@node malloc +@section @code{malloc} +@findex malloc + +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/malloc.html} + +Gnulib module: malloc-posix + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +Upon failure, the function does not set @code{errno} to @code{ENOMEM} on +some platforms: +mingw, MSVC 9. +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item @code{malloc (0)} always returns a NULL pointer on some platforms: +AIX 5.1, OSF/1 5.1. +@end itemize + +Extension: Gnulib provides a module @samp{malloc-gnu} that substitutes a +@code{malloc} implementation that behaves more like the glibc implementation, +regarding the result of @code{malloc (0)}. |