[maccard]

We use wrappers where I work, as we track all allocations. We can provide application context if something goes wrong, we can track usage (per thread, per subsystem, over time), and probably most importantly, we know the allocation pattern of our applications better.

[q3k]

glibc malloc provides a way of hooking into memory management calls without having to use wrappers: https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Hooks-for...