> -----Original Message----- > From: avr-libc-dev-bounces+anitha.boyapati=atmel....@nongnu.org > [mailto:avr-libc-dev-bounces+anitha.boyapati=atmel....@nongnu.org] On > Behalf Of Joerg Wunsch > Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 6:14 PM > To: avr-libc-dev@nongnu.org > Subject: Re: [avr-libc-dev] Malloc implementation in avr > > As Boyapati, Anitha wrote:
> > > Or he may want to > > write his own free(). > > He is not allowed to do this (the C standards explicitly forbids that > an application overrides a library implementation), and this would not > work in almost /any/ C environment, because the way free() must be > implemented is completely tied to the implementation of malloc() > itself. This sure explains the rationale. Thanks for the details. Regards Anitha _______________________________________________ AVR-libc-dev mailing list AVR-libc-dev@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/avr-libc-dev
