From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 10:13:41 +1000 (EST)
Subject: [TUHS] Did realloc ever zero the new memory?
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On Thu, 10 Sep 2015, David wrote:

> I’ve just had a discussion with my boss about this and he claimed that 
> it did at one point and I said it hasn’t in all the unix versions I’ve 
> ever played with (v6, v7, sys III, V, BSD 2, 3, 4, SunOS and Solaris).

Only V6?  I did V5...  Tell that to the young kids of today, and they 
won't believe you.

> My question to this illustrious group is: Did any Unix or Unix like OS 
> ever zero fill on realloc?

Never in my lifetime, which meant that you got inspect someone's private 
messages and there's someone knocking at my door and

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