From dmurdoch at pair.com  Tue Jun  8 17:18:25 2004
From: dmurdoch at pair.com (Duncan Murdoch)
Date: Tue Jun  8 17:18:23 2004
Subject: [Rd] strange apparently data-dependent crash with large data
	(PR#6955)
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On Tue, 08 Jun 2004 09:11:15 -0600, Tony Plate
<tplate@blackmesacapital.com> wrote :

>Is code that assumes every memory allocation is guaranteed to succeed 
>considered OK, or is it something to fix when found?

It's usually something that needs to be fixed.  There are probably
cases where the assumption is valid, but usually it's not.

Duncan Murdoch


[Rd] strange apparently data-dependent crash with large data (PR#6955)
Duncan Murdoch