Re^5: XS malloc and free (whose)

First thanks for all the insight.

That maybe a solution, but not through the preprocessor (code yet untested)

// private external C library with one function
#include <stdlib.h>
void crt_free(void*p) {
    free(p);
}
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link with this and call crt_free() instead of free().

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Re^6: XS malloc and free (whose) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 08, 2006 at 08:08 UTC
That would work. Just make sure you comment both the little file and wherever you call it from, explaining why you've stuck this indirection wrapper around a CRT call and mentioning that noone must ever include XSUB.h in there. Otherwise someone is going to be very confused by the apparent duplication, or worse back to square one, a year or so from now :) Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal? "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]

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Re^6: XS malloc and free (whose)
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Feb 08, 2006 at 08:08 UTC

That would work. Just make sure you comment both the little file and wherever you call it from, explaining why you've stuck this indirection wrapper around a CRT call and mentioning that noone must ever include XSUB.h in there. Otherwise someone is going to be very confused by the apparent duplication, or worse back to square one, a year or so from now :)

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

Lingua non convalesco, consenesco et abolesco. -- Rule 1 has a caveat! -- Who broke the cabal?

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

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