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What is the portability of malloc(0);? Which platforms return NULL without setting errno? Which platforms return a non-null pointer? Do any platforms have some other behavior?
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Andreas witnessed the end of the world today
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2024-10-05T17:53:04Z (about 1 month ago)
Remove fluff, remove non-constrained limitation (wasn’t real anyway)
Which platforms return a non-null pointer on malloc(0)
Hi,I'm interested in the portability of `malloc(0);`.- - Which platforms return `NULL` without setting `errno`?
- - Which platforms return a non-null pointer?
- Do any platforms have a behavior that I didn't list?I'm especially interested in POSIX platforms, but I'd also appreciate information about non-POSIX ones.
- What is the portability of `malloc(0);`?
- - Which platforms return `NULL` without setting `errno`?
- - Which platforms return a non-null pointer?
- - Do any platforms have some other behavior?
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alx
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2024-10-01T10:05:16Z (about 2 months ago)
Which platforms return a non-null pointer on malloc(0)
Hi, I'm interested in the portability of `malloc(0);`. - Which platforms return `NULL` without setting `errno`? - Which platforms return a non-null pointer? - Do any platforms have a behavior that I didn't list? I'm especially interested in POSIX platforms, but I'd also appreciate information about non-POSIX ones.