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Re: xvasprintf: don't depend directly on xalloc-die
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Bruno Haible |
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Re: xvasprintf: don't depend directly on xalloc-die |
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Wed, 10 Aug 2005 20:19:13 +0200 |
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Simon Josefsson wrote:
> Why was a hard dependency on xalloc-die added?
Because xvasprintf.c calls xalloc_die(), and the majority of applications
don't have their own xalloc_die substitute.
> Wasn't the point of separating xalloc-die from the xmalloc module to
> allow applications to supply its own xalloc_die function?
Such applications can now use
gnulib-tool --avoid=xalloc-die
See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2005-07/msg00082.html
Bruno