From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu)
To: ian@cygnus.com (Ian Lance Taylor)
Cc: bfd@cygnus.com
Subject: Re: A patch for elf.c
Date: Wed, 09 Dec 1998 07:42:00 -0000
Message-id: <m0znllH-0000UXC@sea.lucon.org>
References: <199812081926.OAA17039@subrogation.cygnus.com>
X-SW-Source: 1998/msg00076.html

> 
> We've disagreed before on whether memory should be cleared when it is
> allocated, and I think we will continue to disagree.  This was a bug

We can agree on that :-).

> introduced with a change to the function a few months ago.  The fix is
> to avoid introducing bugs; clearing memory is just treating the
> symptom.
> 

To me, clearing memory is the super set of setting one field to
zero. I am a better safe than sorry person. I have no time
to second guess if there is another field I should clear.


-- 
H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)