Message 217276 - Python tracker

Message217276

Author	neologix
Recipients	josh.r, jtaylor, neologix, njs, pitrou, skrah, vstinner
Date	2014-04-27.15:59:55
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> __libc_calloc() starts with a check on integer overflow. Yes, see my previous message: """ AFAICT, the two arguments are purely historical (it was used when malloc() didn't guarantee suitable alignment, and has the advantage of performing overflow check when doing the multiplication, but in our code we always check for it anyway). """

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> __libc_calloc() starts with a check on integer overflow.

Yes, see my previous message:
"""
AFAICT, the two arguments are purely historical (it was used when
malloc() didn't guarantee suitable alignment, and has the advantage of
performing overflow check when doing the multiplication, but in our
code we always check for it anyway).
"""

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Date	User	Action	Args
2014-04-27 15:59:55	neologix	set	recipients: + neologix, pitrou, vstinner, njs, skrah, jtaylor, josh.r
2014-04-27 15:59:55	neologix	link	issue21233 messages
2014-04-27 15:59:55	neologix	create