[SystemSafety] When malloc() Never Returns NULL
Derek M Jones
derek at knosof.co.uk
Thu May 11 12:57:25 CEST 2023
All,
Coding guidelines have been telling developers to
check the return value of malloc forever.
It certainly used to make a difference, but it looks
as if out-of-memory is becoming a thing of the past,
at least on the desktop.
"When malloc() Never Returns NULL -- Reliability as an Illusion"
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.08484
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Derek M. Jones Evidence-based software engineering
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