BUG: realloc(p,0) should be consistent with malloc(0)

[Alejandro Colomar]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 07:58:30PM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Either way, my main point was that the uniqueness requirement *can* be
> satisfied without backing it up with memory.

Yup, thanks!  That'll be useful for when I write a paper.

> 
> (And I have seen unique pointers being used as error sentinels, i.e. "null
> pointers with payload".)

That's indeed what Doug mentioned.  :)

Cheers,
Alex

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