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Re: [RFA] Assuming malloc exists in callfwmall.exp


Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote:
> 
> Hi Fernando,
> 
> > And if he/she is a really good maintainer he/she will reject your patch
> > as it would be adding a restriction to inferior function calls that we
> > do not currently have.
> 
> This is bothering me.
> 
> I've seen some real "this is so embarrassing I should wear a brown
> paper bag over my head" bugs:
> 
>   (gdb) set input-radix 2
>   Input radix now set to decimal 4294967295, hex ffffffff, octal 37777777777.
> 
> Sorry if I make the author of that bug blush.   My point is that this
> happens in software, and that it's the job of the test suite to detect
> when it happens.
> 

I don't see a relation to what we were discussing.

And I think this thread is too long for such a small thing.
I have better things to do.

If this test file stays it will stay in its abbreviated form.

-- 
Fernando Nasser
Red Hat - Toronto                       E-Mail:  fnasser@redhat.com
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Toronto, Ontario   M4P 2C9


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