I suppose it's for writing UDFs. AFAIK on the latest versions of
fbclient you have to use ib_util_malloc. Some time ago it didn't
matter.

http://www.firebirdfaq.org/faq82/
http://www.firebirdfaq.org/faq83/
http://code.google.com/p/firebird-lua-udfs/wiki/UdfWritingTips

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 23:29, Vanina Soprano <sopranoeli@...> wrote:
>  Hi,
> It is not clear to me if I have to use ib_util_malloc, even if I use C
> at Linux operating system.
> Please, can someone clarify me?
> Thanks!
>
> Vanina
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