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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    the final say about malloc, etc.
From:       Alex Zepeda <jazepeda () pacbell ! net>
Date:       2000-08-01 5:59:42
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From the malloc, etc man page:

     The calloc() function allocates space for number objects, each size bytes
     in length.  The result is identical to calling malloc() with an argument
     of ``number * size'', with the exception that the allocated memory is ex-
     plicitly initialized to zero bytes.
...
STANDARDS
     The malloc(), calloc(), realloc() and free() functions conform to ISO
     9899: 1990 (``ISO C'').

Note the second to last sentence.  Memory allocated via malloc is not
guaranteed to be zero'd out.  Hence one should really initialize all
memory before use.

- alex

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