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On 01/15/2013 02:31:24 AM, Igmar Palsenberg wrote:
> > http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/dr_400.htm
> > http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=3D400
> > http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D12547
>=20
> While the above is clear to me, returning a pointer that can't hold =20
> anything just
> seems wrong to me.

Returning failure from an allocation that can't _not_ be satisfied =20
seems wrong to me.

Rob=