Hi,
Sure you can use malloc, but please read doc/README.malloc for all the
benefits ep_alloc and friends provide.
The fact that you get undefined reference means that you're working with
old sourcefiles???
Thanx,
Jaap
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006, prashanth joshi wrote:
> Hi , can i use malloc to allocate memory in ethereal code ?
> What i want to do is to allocate memory and then fill in the contents and then add it to the display tree.
> If I use malloc, will not it cause problems like platform dependence and memory leaks?
> I used ep_alloc( ) but i'm getting error " undefined reference to ep_alloc".
> Also, can i use malloc for any general purpose data manipulation....?, say like allocating a structure sized memory using malloc and then copying n bytes of the tvbuff in to the allocated memory and then manipulate the data.
> Regards,
> Prashanth
>