[Bug-gnulib] Re: requirements of 'malloc' module

[Simon Josefsson]

Bruno Haible <address@hidden> writes:

> Simon Josefsson wrote:
>> malloc: add a #define malloc rpl_malloc which causes code in my
>> package that doesn't need gnulib to break during link.
>
> A few months ago, we agreed to rename this glibc-compatibility variant of
> malloc into 'zmalloc'. Noone has implemented it so far. Seems we should do
> so with higher priority. (Btw, now that we have xzalloc in xalloc.h where
> "z" means something different, it's time to think about a new name. Any
> proposals?)

Renaming it sounds great to me, thanks.