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Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 21:00:37 +0100
From: Alejandro Colomar <une+c@...jandro-colomar.es>
To: Philipp Klaus Krause <philipp@...ormatik.uni-frankfurt.de>
Cc: "sc22wg14@...n-std. org" <sc22wg14@...n-std.org>,
Robert Seacord <rcseacord@...il.com>, libc-alpha@...rceware.org, musl@...ts.openwall.com,
linux-man@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [SC22WG14.34662] n3752, alx-0029r8 - Restore the traditional
realloc(3) specification
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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