zero all new memory from allocations#876
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Change my_alloc() to use calloc instead of malloc so all fresh allocations return zeroed memory. Also zero the expanded portion in expand_item_list() after realloc, since it knows both old and new sizes. This gives more predictable behaviour in case of bugs where uninitialised or stale memory is accidentally accessed. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Change my_alloc() to use calloc instead of malloc so all fresh allocations return zeroed memory. Also zero the expanded portion in expand_item_list() after realloc, since it knows both old and new sizes. This gives more predictable behaviour in case of bugs where uninitialised or stale memory is accidentally accessed.