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Re: including sys/malloc.h produces errors?

I am in the process of converting code that uses malloc.h to include
stdlib.h instead. It provides the prototype OK.
Is that the right thing to do?

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On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Justin Walker wrote:

> On Tuesday, February 3, 2004, at 09:05 AM, Ken Hawkins wrote:
>
> > i have included sys/malloc.h for a static BSD library however now the
> > malloc.h is producing errors? is there a newer one that i am supposed
> > to update to?
> >
> > malloc.h:280: error: parse error before "u_short"
> > malloc.h:286: error: parse error before '}' token
> >
> > anyone else seen this? stuck in the mud...
>
> If you are writing a user-mode component (== chunk o' code), then you
> typically do *not* want to include headers from 'sys'. That directory
> contains kernel-related headers.
>
> If you are including it because your library accesses kernel structures
> in some way, then you should include <sys/types.h> before
> <sys/malloc.h>.
>
> There is no 'malloc.h' for user-mode code. It's an out-of-date file
> that persists in some systems, and is not present in Darwin/Mac OS X.
>
> Regards,
>
> Justin
>
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