Re: [SC22WG14.34662] n3752, alx-0029r8 - Restore the traditional realloc(3) specification

[Alejandro Colomar <une+c@alejandro-colomar.es>]

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Hi Philipp,

On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 02:55:03PM +0100, Philipp Klaus Krause wrote:
> Am 06.01.26 um 21:12 schrieb Robert Seacord:
> > I'm still waiting to hear from GCC that they plan to change the behavior
> > of realloc and break their existing code.  If GCC plans to do this, it
> > could well change my vote.
> 
> Not GCC here.
> 
> SDCC changed its malloc/realloc aligning it with Alejandro's proposal a few
> months ago, and the new behaviour will be in the next release (SDCC 4.6.0).
> 
> We made this decision after discussion among SDCC developers and users, and
> think that this is the best solution for SDCC and its users. We are not
> making any statement about this solution being appropriate for the standard
> or other implementations.

Wow!  Thanks!  That makes it two implementations that have already
changed to adapt to this behavior after the proposal:

	-  SDCC (SDCC 4.6.0)
	-  gnulib (2024-11)

Plus of course the POSIX standard itself.  That's looking good.


Have a lovely night!
Alex

> 
> Philipp
> 

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