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SubjectRe: [PATCH] type safe allocator

On Aug 2 2007 15:06, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
>> On Aug 2 2007 16:04, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
>> >On 8/2/07, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> wrote:
>> >> fooptr = kmalloc(sizeof(struct foo), ...);
>> >
>> >Key word is "traditional". Good traditional form which even half-competent
>> >C programmers immediately parse in retina.
>>
>> And being aware of the potential type-unsafety makes programmers more
>> careful IMHO.
>
>That's a _really_ good reason ;)

Yes, a good reason not to use g_new(), so people do get bitten when
they are doingitwrong.



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