New malloc() Implementation Fixes Ancient Bug in yacc

New malloc() Implementation Fixes Ancient Bug in yacc

Friday July 11, 2008. 02:55 AM
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An ancient (at least 33 years old) stack-overflow bug has been discovered and fixed in yacc, thanks to a new malloc() implementation by Otto Moerbeek. More info and a complete description of the bug can be found here.

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