Re: [gtk-list] Re: Why g_print ?

[Tim Janik <timj psynet net>]

On Thu, 31 Jul 1997, Werner Koch wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 31, 1997 at 04:38:13AM +0200, Tim Janik wrote:
> > regarding g_malloc(), g_free() and siblings, these functions are much safer
> > than thier libc equivalences. e.g. g_free() just returns if called with
> > NULL, i even rely on that behaviour in my apps.
>  ^^^^^
>  That's required by Standard C, see also free(3).

yup, you are right!

change the example to something like: e.g. g_malloc() always returns a pointer
to the allocated space, because g_error() is called if the request fails.
so the common programmer fault of not checking the return value of the
*alloc functions is avoided.

> Werner
>  

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ciaoTJ