Re: [Bug-gnulib] Re: drop unlocked-io dependency in getline module?

[Bruno Haible]

Paul Eggert wrote:
> > alloca.c: depends on xmalloc, which I don't always want to use
> > (especially if just copy the file and use AC_FUNC_ALLOCA).
> 
> Come to think of it, perhaps that dependency should be removed.  After
> all, ordinary alloca just dumps core if you run out of stack space.
> If the replacement alloca returns NULL when it runs out of space,
> that's a reasonable equivalent.  Does anyone have any objection to
> removing this dependency?

Agreed. No objection.

Bruno