* scm_gc_calloc? @ 2002-08-04 15:37 Han-Wen 2002-08-04 18:38 ` scm_gc_calloc? Rob Browning 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread 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. -- Han-Wen Nienhuys | hanwen@cs.uu.nl | http://www.cs.uu.nl/~hanwen _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* 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 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread 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. -- Rob Browning rlb @defaultvalue.org, @linuxdevel.com, and @debian.org Previously @cs.utexas.edu GPG=1C58 8B2C FB5E 3F64 EA5C 64AE 78FE E5FE F0CB A0AD _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: scm_gc_calloc? 2002-08-04 18:38 ` scm_gc_calloc? Rob Browning @ 2002-08-05 18:19 ` Marius Vollmer 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Marius Vollmer @ 2002-08-05 18:19 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: hanwen, guile-devel 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. _______________________________________________ Guile-devel mailing list Guile-devel@gnu.org http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/guile-devel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 3+ messages in thread
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