malloc does not return null when out of memory

[Matthias Buelow]

Peter Jeremy wrote:

> FreeBSD behaviour in the face of swap shortage is a regular and
> popular discussion topic.  I suggest that a perusal of the archives

Yes but I for example have had this issue since 2.1-R (when I started 
using it), freezing when the system trashes, without hope for resolve, 
or other short-on-memory related ailments.  The fact that it's still 
on-topic in mailing lists after many years shows that the issue hasn't 
really been resolved yet.  You'll see postings like the above in 5 or 
even 10 years still if a proper solution won't be found and implemented 
until then.

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   Matthias Buelow;  mkb@{mukappabeta.de,informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de}