Re: class gc and gc_alloc(0, xxx)

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From: Archie Cobbs (archie@whistle.com)
Date: Fri Dec 18 1998 - 16:13:35 EST

Godmar Back writes:
> > - add an assert(size != 0) in gcMalloc().
>
> Yes, I think that's a good course of action.
> I also added an assert if someone attempt to free non-fixed objects.

It's not clear to me why trying to allocate zero bytes is a bug.
Why not just return NULL in this case?

> We need to stop to silently ignore things that don't hurt immediately
> unless we really understand them.

The more assert's the better! :-)

-Archie

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