Re: What is wrong with malloc? (Was: So You Think You Can Const?)

On 08/01/2025 17:35, Julio Di Egidio wrote:

On 08/01/2025 17:18, David Brown wrote:

On 08/01/2025 15:42, Julio Di Egidio wrote:

On 08/01/2025 09:46, David Brown wrote:

On 07/01/2025 20:32, Julio Di Egidio wrote:

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In particular, I am using C90, and compiling with
`gcc ... -ansi -pedantic -Wall -Wextra` (as I have
the requirement to ideally support any device).

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People who say they want their code to run on anything are invariably wildly exaggerating.

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:)  I do have embedded, and FPGAs, and even transpiling to e.g. Wasm, etc. in mind, my overall idea for now simply being: as long as the device comes with a C compiler that is not too broken.

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Do you have experience with embedded programming (if so, what kind of devices)?

 TL;DR nearly zero.  Siemens PLCs for small industrial automation, my own experimenting with Intel FPGAs (mainly for coprocessors), plus coding against device drivers for systems integration.
 

OK.  Small-systems embedded programming is quite a bit different from "big" systems programming.

So, now that I have qualified it with "any device coming with a C compiler (that is not too broken)", would you think coding it in "ANSI C" makes some sense?

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No.

 Cool. :)  Please give me few hours, maybe less: I will be reading your reply with great interest.
 

No problem.  I'm glad you think it looks like it is worth reading!