Re: realloc

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From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Tue, 04 Apr 1989 18:58

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In article <3255@goofy.megatest.UUCP> djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones) writes:
>... with a pointer to zero bytes, ...
>No problem.

You haven't thought out all the ramifications of officially permitting
0-sized objects in C.  That's not to say that the problems are insoluble,
but they are there and must be dealt with if you're going that direction.

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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn )
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Subject: Re: realloc
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Date: 4 Apr 89 18:58:09 GMT
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