From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Fernando Nasser To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain Cc: ac131313@cygnus.com, gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com, keiths@cygnus.com Subject: Re: [RFA] Assuming malloc exists in callfwmall.exp Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 08:45:00 -0000 Message-id: <3A8C06FB.45EB328A@redhat.com> References: <200102151630.IAA22826@bosch.cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-02/msg00257.html Michael Elizabeth Chastain wrote: > > > (#3 does not depend on malloc() so it is already tested in callfuncs). > > No. Look at use case #3: > > Use case #3: > > . malloc is not available > . the user types: call abs(-10) > . gdb expected response: "$1 = 10" > > callfuncs.c contains an explicit call to malloc. Therefore, callfuncs.exp > does not check use case #3. It checks use case #1. I don't get it. malloc is not used at all when the argument is not a string. So, what malloc() being available or not has to do with this situation? -- Fernando Nasser Red Hat Canada Ltd. E-Mail: fnasser@redhat.com 2323 Yonge Street, Suite #300 Toronto, Ontario M4P 2C9