[tz] Troll throws zic for a loop

[Marc Lehmann]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 08:12:15PM -0700, Paul Eggert <eggert at cs.ucla.edu> wrote:
> I'm reluctant to have localtime.c invoke malloc, since that'd be a
> new way for localtime to fail; it's purposely designed to not malloc
> unless the builder #defines ALL_STATE.  If mad scientists in

If the number of transitions in the table is ultimately bounded (which
seems to be the case here), then not using malloc is safer, faster,
simpler, more memory efficient, and cleaner for zic.

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