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Re: FYI: strdup() -> xstrdup()
"J.T. Conklin" wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com> writes:
> >> #define strdup dont_use_strdup__use_xstrdup_instead
>
>
> Andrew> I considered suggesting this but bit my lip :-) Now that it is on the
> Andrew> table though, it's fine with me.
>
> My concern about doing this is that there could be third party code
> (ui goo, simulators, target i/o libraries, etc.) that may be linked
> with GDB that uses strdup() directly.
>
> --jtc
Sorry, yes.
It's probably just as easy to add a testcase to the testsuite that fails
whenever someone adds strdup() to the code.
Andrew