Re: Does malloc() have to zero the block?

[Ralph Hempel <rhempel@...>]

Tony Finch wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Ralph Hempel wrote:
> > What are Lua's expected semantics of:
> >
> > 1. realloc() an existing block to a size of 0 bytes?
> > 2. realloc() a new block to a size of 0 bytes?
> >
> > Knowing how much the Lua designers like to stick to well-known
> > principles, I guess I did not need to ask either question :-)
>
> Lua's expected realloc() semantics are very slightly more restricted than
> what POSIX allows. See http://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#3.7

I'm also reading lmem.h which is saying the same thing, fortunately :-)

Ralph