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--- Comment #12 from Martin Sebor <msebor at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
David Malcolm: I went with "overloading" attribute malloc in my patch for t=
he
reasons I explained my comments on your patch and in the patch submission
email.  I'm open to changing the name (or the association from the allocato=
r to
the deallocator) so long as it's limited to pointers (with integers and oth=
er
handles handled by some other attribute), and provided it lets users specify
the position of the argument in the deallocation function's argument list.

David Howells: If/when you have a chance please comment on the design and l=
et
us know if you have any concerns.=