Re: [Bug-gnulib] Patch proposal: 1-gary-safe-xfree.patch

[Gary V. Vaughan]

Jim Meyering wrote:
> Paul Eggert <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I'd still like to get rid of XMALLOC, XCALLOC, XREALLOC, XFREE, CCLONE,
> > and CLONE, but that's a different matter, which I'll look into later.

I know that they evaluate parameters multiple times, but they are 
none-the-less genuinely useful shorthand that can't be done without macros. 
Do you have a similar replacement functionality in mind?  Or do you find 
macros like these to be worse than the extra typing that would be required in 
their absence?

> > 2003-09-12  Paul Eggert  <address@hidden>
> >
> >         * modules/xalloc: Add m4/free-null.m4.  Change maintainer to "all".
> >         * lib/xalloc.h (free) [!HAVE_FREE_NULL]: New macro.
> >        (rpl_free) [!HAVE_FREE_NULL]: New function.
> >        (XFREE): Use 'free'.  Add a comment that XFREE is obsolescent.
> >        * m4/xalloc.m4 (gl_XALLOC): Require AC_C_INLINE, gl_FUNC_FREE_NULL.
> >        * m4/free-null.m4: New file.
>  
> I like it.  Thanks!

+1 vote from me too.  Please apply.

Cheers,
        Gary.
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