* scm_gc_calloc?
@ 2002-08-04 15:37 Han-Wen
2002-08-04 18:38 ` scm_gc_calloc? Rob Browning
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From: Han-Wen @ 2002-08-04 15:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
Why don't we have a scm_gc_calloc, that is, a function delivering
cleared memory? That would make a lot of C init functions shorter, and
it makes for more robust code.
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* Re: scm_gc_calloc?
2002-08-04 15:37 scm_gc_calloc? Han-Wen
@ 2002-08-04 18:38 ` Rob Browning
2002-08-05 18:19 ` scm_gc_calloc? Marius Vollmer
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From: Rob Browning @ 2002-08-04 18:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
Cc: guile-devel
Han-Wen <hanwen@cs.uu.nl> writes:
> Why don't we have a scm_gc_calloc, that is, a function delivering
> cleared memory? That would make a lot of C init functions shorter,
> and it makes for more robust code.
Sounds reasonable to me.
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* Re: scm_gc_calloc?
2002-08-04 18:38 ` scm_gc_calloc? Rob Browning
@ 2002-08-05 18:19 ` Marius Vollmer
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From: Marius Vollmer @ 2002-08-05 18:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org> writes:
> Han-Wen <hanwen@cs.uu.nl> writes:
>
> > Why don't we have a scm_gc_calloc, that is, a function delivering
> > cleared memory? That would make a lot of C init functions shorter,
> > and it makes for more robust code.
>
> Sounds reasonable to me.
Yep.
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