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From: Clemens Ladisch <clemens@ladisch.de>
Subject: Re: snd_pcm_info_alloca ( ptr) allocate an
	INVALID	snd_pcm_info_t
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:52:51 +0200
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Guilherme Longo wrote:
> Mates, I was looking for a reasonable explanation on why the functions 
> *_alloca as snd_pcm_info_alloca allocates an INVALID snd_pcm_info_t??

"Invalid" just means that the thing does not yet contain valid data.
It would have been better to describe it as empty.


Best regards,
Clemens