From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12065 invoked by alias); 24 Mar 2005 19:02:55 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gsl-discuss-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gsl-discuss-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 11988 invoked from network); 24 Mar 2005 19:02:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.ukfsn.org) (217.158.120.143) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 24 Mar 2005 19:02:50 -0000 Received: from localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AC4AE6D86; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:02:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.ukfsn.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (lucy.ukfsn.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 21734-08; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:02:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: from debian.network-theory.co.uk (dsl-80-42-163-176.access.as9105.com [80.42.163.176]) by mail.ukfsn.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CA7DE6D84; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:02:04 +0000 (GMT) Received: by debian.network-theory.co.uk with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1DEWxc-0000XT-00; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:21:36 +0000 From: Brian Gough MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <16963.1328.582333.105104@network-theory.co.uk> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 19:02:00 -0000 To: Keith Weinman Cc: gsl-discuss@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: gsl comments In-Reply-To: <4242C0B6.7060203@dlr.de> References: <42419C09.2010208@dlr.de> <16962.42760.249108.650017@network-theory.co.uk> <4242C0B6.7060203@dlr.de> X-SW-Source: 2005-q1/txt/msg00112.txt.bz2 Keith Weinman writes: > Brian Gough wrote: > >What platforms are these? --- the C standard explicitly defines > >free(0) as being a noop. > > > gcc 3.3.4 on AMD Opteron (64 bit), SGI > but occurs on all linux boxes that i have met (hint gcc). Hmmm, I don't think so. Problems with free(0) are relics from the pre-ANSI days. The only system where I have encountered it was SunOS 4.1.3. > what is meant by noop here? noop = no operation. -- Brian Gough Network Theory Ltd, Commercial support for GSL --- http://www.network-theory.co.uk/gsl/