Re: [Gnustep-cvs] r31629 - in /libs/back/trunk: ./ Source/cairo/ Source/gsc/ Source/win32/ Source/winlib/ Source/x11/

[Nicola Pero]

On 20 Nov 2010, at 12:44, David Chisnall wrote:

> objc_malloc() and friends are GCC-runtime specific.  They are not  
> supported by other runtimes.  If there is a reason for avoiding  
> malloc(), using either NSZoneMalloc() or NSAllocateCollectable()  
> should be the preferred indirection.

Using malloc() is usually wrong as it can't work with garbage  
collection. ;-)

objc_malloc() is traditionally used to work with the GNU runtime and  
the boehm garbage collector.
I assume NSAllocateCollectable() could be a reasonable replacement  
(and gnustep-base will basically
direct it to objc_malloc() if using the GNU runtime, and to something  
else with other runtimes).

Thanks