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Re: Are __BOUNDED_POINTERS__ supported?

From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
To: sjmunroe at vnet dot ibm dot com
Cc: libc-hacker at sources dot redhat dot com, Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 09:46:36 -0800
Subject: Re: Are __BOUNDED_POINTERS__ supported?
Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
References: <3E80923E.1050104@us.ibm.com>

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Steven Munroe wrote:
> Are __BOUNDED_POINTERS__ still a supported feature of glibc?

The ppc side was never fully finished.  x86 should still basically work.
 It's not really supported but I am reluctant to remove the code since
it might come in handy for some error schecking scheme.  Feel free to
remove any BP code which you know won't work, though.

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References:
- Are __BOUNDED_POINTERS__ supported?
  - From: Steven Munroe

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