- t = parse_type (cur_fd, ax, sh->index + 1, 0, bigend, name);
+ {
+ t = parse_type (cur_fd, ax, sh->index + 1, 0, bigend, name);
+ if (STREQ(name, "malloc") && t->code == TYPE_CODE_VOID)
+ {
+ /* I don't know why, but, at least under Linux/Alpha,
+ when linking against a malloc without debugging
+ symbols, its read as a function returning void---this
+ is bad because it means we cannot call functions with
+ string arguments interactively; i.e., "call
+ printf("howdy\n")" would fail with the error message
+ "program has no memory available". To avoid this, we
+ patch up the type and make it void*
+ instead. (davidm@azstarnet.com)
+ */
+ t = make_pointer_type (t, NULL);
+ }
+ }