[GRASS-dev] what can come before G_gisinit()?

[Glynn Clements]

Hamish wrote:

> Subject: [GRASS-dev] what can come before G_gisinit()?

Nothing that's part of GRASS.

And ideally, nothing at all. It isn't totally inconceivable that
future versions of G_gisinit() could have side-effects which affect
core ANSI functions (e.g. setting the locale, or installing malloc
hooks).

> is it ok to call G_calloc() before G_gisinit()?

No.

G_calloc() calls G_fatal_error() if calloc() fails. G_fatal_error()
calls G_program_name(), which uses the program name set by
G_gisinit().

Beyond that, just because the current G_gisinit() implementation
doesn't do much, that doesn't mean that future version won't.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>