Re: XMALLOC() et al

[Paul Eggert]

On 2024-07-19 17:13, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Are XMALLOC et al. part of the public API, or are they only internal
> helper macros?  Are there current users of it (apart from gnulib
> itself)?  I'm interested in discussing some details about that set of
> macros if they're not set in stone.

They're not documented anywhere other than the source code. They're a 
bit controversial in the sense that I would rather not see their use 
proliferate.

In a sense they're a poor substitute for C++ templates and my feeling is 
that if you want C++ you should use C++.