It turns out that realloc(ptr, 0) --> free(ptr) is not actually required by the C standard (whereas realloc(NULL, size) --> malloc(size) is).

Therefore, explicitly model the behaviour expected by our libraries (that realloc of 0 size is equivalent to free).

svn path=/trunk/netsurf/; revision=10524

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/beos/beos_gui.cpp b/beos/beos_gui.cpp
index cb41dfa07..471f4e9ea 100644
--- a/beos/beos_gui.cpp
+++ b/beos/beos_gui.cpp
@@ -1170,6 +1170,11 @@ bool cookies_update(const char *domain, const struct cookie_data *data)
 
 static void *myrealloc(void *ptr, size_t len, void *pw)
 {
+	if (len == 0) {
+		free(ptr);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	return realloc(ptr, len);
 }