[TUHS] Minimum Array Sizes in 16 bit C (was Maximum)

[Warner Losh]

On Sun, Sep 29, 2024, 4:06 AM Ralph Corderoy <ralph at inputplus.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Werner,
>
> > > I got two letters back, saying that malloc(0) is illegal because
> > > zero-length arrays are illegal, and the other vice versa.
> >
> > And now we have zero length arrays an UB malloc(0).
>
> malloc(0) isn't undefined behaviour but implementation defined.
>

In modern C there is no difference between those two concepts.

Are there prominent modern implementations which consider it an error so
> return NULL?
>


Many.  There are a dozen or more malloc implementations in use and they all
are slightly different.

Warner

Warner

> --
> Cheers, Ralph.
>
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