*headdesk*
So, you've got a code in C that needs to allocate X objects of size Y. So, you start with malloc(X*Y). Then you discover X*Y may produce overflow, so you make function alloc(X, Y) that checks for overflows.
And then of course everybody starts using it as alloc(1, X*Y). Because it's the same thing, right?
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And then of course everybody starts using it as alloc(1, X*Y). Because it's the same thing, right?
This entry was originally posted at http://stas.dreamwidth.org/1015482.html.