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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: konqy problem "fixed"..
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-07-24 19:22:14
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On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Alex Zepeda wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> >        EF_FILL
> >               When  set  to a value between 0 and 255, every byte
> >               of allocated memory is initialized to  that  value.
> >               This can help detect reads of uninitialized memory.
> >               When set to -1, some memory is filled  with  zeroes
> >               (the  operating system default on most systems) and
> >               some memory will retain the values  written  to  it
> >               during its last use.
>
> I seriously doubt that most mallocs will initialize the memory for you.
> That would be quite a performance hit.

I think it treis to say that normally malloc either reuses freed memory or 
uses new memory from /dev/zero. Which is zeroed by the OS.

Cheers,
Waldo
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