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From: bobj@gli.com (Robert Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.std.c
Subject: Re: malloc(0)
Message-ID: <1990Aug6.142050.18629@gli.com>
Date: 6 Aug 90 14:20:50 GMT
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About using malloc(0) to point to a unique place. What's wrong with using
malloc(1) ??
That way malloc(0) would do what is expected. Return a NULL pointer.

This just seems too easy, doesn't it?