On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 04:38:00PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote: > I interpret "wrappers", above, to mean more than just a calloc-like wrapper. > > A malloc (not calloc, of course) wrapper that always initializes can > mask what would have otherwise been a used-uninitialised error, and what > would still be a logical U.I. error. That seems silly. If the wrapper is defined as zero-initalising then it cannot be an error to assume that it zero-initalises. dme.