Re: [PATCH 3/3] autoconf: prepare for 2.70

[Peter Stephenson <p.w.stephenson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 2021-04-09 at 22:08 +0200, Oliver Kiddle wrote:
> > Are there any systems that still require --enable-zsh-mem?
> 
> I don't think I ever have needed it especially. I don't know if anyone
> perhaps finds it useful for debug capabilities though some of the common
> malloc implementations probably have better functionality for that
> anyway. Cutting away some of this old stuff from the zsh code base may
> make it easier to maintain. So again, no objections from me but in this
> case there may be others with an interest in keeping it.

I wonder if we might even struggle to find anyone who still uses it.
It was well-maintained a long time ago, but has had virtually no
attention since.  Unless you've been around these parts a couple of
decades, you might not be more than vaguely aware of it.

pws