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Re: ltdl.c thinks it's psychic (another SEGFAULT bug).
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stefan |
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Re: ltdl.c thinks it's psychic (another SEGFAULT bug). |
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Sun, 11 Nov 2001 21:52:38 +0100 (CET) |
On Sun, 11 Nov 2001, Paul Davis wrote:
> i have no problem with that. the issue is: why is there any support
> for this on a per-library basis? i may have mentioned before that most
> of my programs use libhoard, which completely replaces malloc,free and
> realloc with ultra-fast-for-SMP-multithreaded equivalents. why on
> earth do i want to tell ltdl (or any other particular library) to be
> using a version of malloc/free/realloc that's any different from the
> one used by the rest of the libraries linked to my progam? replacing
> malloc() is often a good idea. but replacing malloc on a per-library
> basis? why?
>
> and besides, if you pass an acquired resource to an API, then you
> either have to specify that its not the API's job to release it, or
> provide the API with a way to do so. Since lt_dlmalloc() and
> lt_dlfree() are intended for use entirely *within* the library, they
> do not cover this condition, as far as i can see.
If lt_dlmalloc() and lt_dlfree() are intended for internal use only, these
pointers do not make any sense, I agree. I suppose the native
implementation of malloc(), free() and realloc() will always be the best
choice then. Would really like to know a reason then, either.
Cheers,
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- Re: ltdl.c thinks it's psychic (another SEGFAULT bug)., (continued)
- Re: ltdl.c thinks it's psychic (another SEGFAULT bug)., libtool, 2001/11/07
- Re: ltdl.c thinks it's psychic (another SEGFAULT bug)., Rob Browning, 2001/11/07
- Re: ltdl.c thinks it's psychic (another SEGFAULT bug)., Paul Davis, 2001/11/07
- Re: ltdl.c thinks it's psychic (another SEGFAULT bug)., libtool, 2001/11/10
- Re: ltdl.c thinks it's psychic (another SEGFAULT bug)., Paul Davis, 2001/11/10
- Re: ltdl.c thinks it's psychic (another SEGFAULT bug)., libtool, 2001/11/10
- Re: ltdl.c thinks it's psychic (another SEGFAULT bug)., Paul Davis, 2001/11/10
Re: ltdl.c thinks it's psychic (another SEGFAULT bug)., Olly Betts, 2001/11/07
Re: ltdl.c thinks it's psychic (another SEGFAULT bug)., stefan, 2001/11/11