Re: [Gm2] Protential library error in Storage.mod

[Gaius Mulley]

Michael Riedl <address@hidden> writes:

> Hallo Gaius,
>
> I encountered a small issue with the ALLOCATE / DEALLOCATE routines.
>
> I get the impression that 
>
> PROCEDURE DEALLOCATE (VAR addr: SYSTEM.ADDRESS; amount: CARDINAL) ;
> BEGIN
>    IF VerifyDeallocate (addr, amount) THEN
>      free (addr);
>    END;
> END DEALLOCATE ;
>
> does not set addr to NIL as I would expect. Perhaps it might be an idea
> to add an explicit "addr:=NIL;" statement after the call to "free".
> Reading the malloc/free man pages did not give me a clear idea how libc
> should handle that ...

Hi Michael,

quite correct - yes a bug - thanks.  I've fixed this and will push it
up to the git repository,

regards,
Gaius