Re: [bug-inetutils] inetutils-1.8: ftp build error

[Chet Ramey]

On 7/25/10 2:36 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote:

> why do you need to use those function names ?  using a name spaced function 
> like rl_malloc or _rl_malloc would keep the same functionality without 
> clashing with other people.

No, it wouldn't.  It would not allow, for instance, an application to
control all the memory allocation and management readline performs.

> "xmalloc" is a pretty common name for people to 
> use in their own projects and i dont think people even realize that readline 
> is doing this.  i know i wasnt aware of it and have used readline along with 
> xmalloc in my application before.

Exactly.  You can override readline's use of xmalloc easily -- almost
without effort.

Chet
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