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

[Simon Josefsson]

"Gary V.Vaughan" <address@hidden> writes:

> If zalloc (S) === xcalloc (1, S), that would be cool.

How about zalloc (S) = calloc (1, S), and xzalloc (S) = xcalloc (1,
S), for consistency?

However, I wonder if that zalloc is a good idea; C literate, but
gnulib illiterate, people can be assumed to know about calloc(), but
not zalloc, so we would optimize away a '1,' but get less widely
understood code in exchange.  So perhaps only xzalloc makes sense, in
which case it could just as well be called zalloc like you propose.
Hm.