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Re: [PATCH] diff-delta: use realloc instead of xrealloc

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
May 29, 2007, 23:51 UTC
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Martin Koegler <mkoegler@auto.tuwien.ac.at> writes:
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> Commit 83572c1a914d3f7a8dd66d954c11bbc665b7b923 changed many
> realloc to xrealloc. This change was made in diff-delta.c too,
> although the code can handle an out of memory failure.
>
> This patch reverts this change in diff-delta.c.

Wasn't there a discussion around this exact issue when the original patch was applied?

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  1. diff-delta: use realloc instead of xreallocMartin Koegler, May 29, 2007
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  3. Nicolas PitreMay 30, 2007
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