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Re: static _int_malloc et al

From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
To: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>
Cc: GNU libc hackers <libc-hacker at sources dot redhat dot com>
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2003 00:54:37 -0800
Subject: Re: static _int_malloc et al
Organization: Red Hat, Inc.
References: <200301070845.h078jVP08004@magilla.sf.frob.com>

Roland McGrath wrote:
> The interface is
> trivially based on the canonical malloc et al interfaces, so I am not
> worried about whatever slight adaptations might be needed if the
> implementation changes.

Slight adoption?  Who can guarantee that every future malloc
implementation we might want to use uses the concept of arenas?  I
honestly think it's a big mistake to add such dependencies.

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