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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | malloc/obstack.c | 8 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 5b797d20e5..909f9f4d71 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2004-05-20 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * malloc/obstack.c (_obstack) [!defined _LIBC]: Remove; not used. + Add comment explaining why libc still defines it. + 2004-05-19 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> * malloc/obstack.h (_obstack_free, obstack_1grow, obstack_1grow_fast, diff --git a/malloc/obstack.c b/malloc/obstack.c index 47a4b16b53..4b3ccda906 100644 --- a/malloc/obstack.c +++ b/malloc/obstack.c @@ -95,10 +95,12 @@ int obstack_exit_failure = EXIT_FAILURE; # define obstack_exit_failure exit_failure # endif -/* The non-GNU-C macros copy the obstack into this global variable - to avoid multiple evaluation. */ - +# ifdef _LIBC +/* A looong time ago (before 1994, anyway; we're not sure) this global variable + was used by non-GNU-C macros to avoid multiple evaluation. The GNU C + library still exports it because somebody might use it. */ struct obstack *_obstack; +# endif /* Define a macro that either calls functions with the traditional malloc/free calling interface, or calls functions with the mmalloc/mfree interface |