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[Max Khon]

Hi!

On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 02:30:29AM +0200, Ivan Voras wrote:

> >> I like how phk malloc has it as an option.
> > 
> > But notice that it is not an option for programs that runs as root
> > or setuid/setgid etc.
> > 
> > Given the hostility of networks, I would support a more hardcore
> > attitude to memory mismanagement these days.
> 
> Just a data point: many people were turned away from FreeBSD because a
> few PHP releases did a double-free or malloc-inside-signal-handler
> calls. Yes, GNU's malloc should have been stricter, but it's not funny
> when your apache crashes with SIGABORT.

That's not a valid argument. PHP developers hate apache2 and threads. So what?

/fjoe