It really depends on context. There are times when it's useful, and times when it's not. It's helped me at times in improving code coverage when developing soft

It really depends on context. There are times when it's useful, and times when it's not. It's helped me at times in improving code coverage when developing software for medical devices, so I thought I'd mention it. The technique is can also be generalized beyond just triggering malloc() failures under specified conditions.