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

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Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
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May 30, 2007, 02:57 UTC
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On Tue, 29 May 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Martin Koegler <mkoegler@auto.tuwien.ac.at> writes:
> 
> > 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?
Maybe, but I cannot remember it, not can I justify that xrealloc now.
Nicolas
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  1. diff-delta: use realloc instead of xreallocMartin Koegler, May 29, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 29, 2007
  3. Nicolas PitreMay 30, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoMay 30, 2007

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