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Out-of-memory error
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Out-of-memory error
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When a memory exhaustion is reached, the global macro "M\_MEMORY\_FULL" is called and the function returns immediately after.
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When a memory exhaustion is reached, the global macro "M\_MEMORY\_FULL" is called
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and the function returns immediately after.
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The object remains in a valid (if previously valid) and unchanged state in this case.
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The object remains in a valid (if previously valid) and unchanged state in this case.
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By default, the macro prints an error message and abort the program: handling non-trivial memory errors is hard,
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By default, the macro prints an error message and abort the program:
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testing such cases is mandatory to avoid security holes, testing them is even harder,
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handling non-trivial memory errors can be hard,
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and this behavior is rather conservative.
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testing them is even harder but still mandatory to avoid security holes.
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So the default behavior is rather conservative.
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Moreover a good program design should handle a process entire failure (using for examples multiple
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Moreover a good program design should handle a process entire failure (using for examples multiple
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processes for doing the job) so even a process stops can be recovered.
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processes for doing the job) so even a process stops can be recovered.
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See [here](http://joeduffyblog.com/2016/02/07/the-error-model/) for more
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See [here](http://joeduffyblog.com/2016/02/07/the-error-model/) for more
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information about why abandonment is good.
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information about why abandonment is good software practice.
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It can however be overloaded to handle other policy for error handling like:
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It can however be overloaded to handle other policy for error handling like:
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