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25.1.50; [PATCH] Integrate the musl hybrid malloc patch for elf systems

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 22086 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner <at> inode.at>
Subject: bug#22086: 25.1.50; [PATCH] Integrate the musl hybrid mallo
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2016 15:31:40 -0800

> I think, (g)calloc and hybrid_calloc are still needed, though?

I suppose you're right, so I installed your patch in master. Though this 
stuff is all pretty iffy. Why does Emacs redefine calloc but not 
aligned_alloc or posix_memalign, for example? Is it because we know no 
library uses these newer allocators?

Anyway, I suppose it's better to play it safe and continue to redefine 
calloc, the way Emacs has done for decades, until we have a better way 
to do dumping and restoring and memory allocation for such.

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