xmalloc.h   [plain text]


/* xmalloc.h -- Allocation package that calls fatal() when out of memory
 * $Id: xmalloc.h,v 1.27 2006/11/30 17:11:22 murch Exp $
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#ifndef INCLUDED_XMALLOC_H
#define INCLUDED_XMALLOC_H

/* for size_t */
#include <stdio.h>
/* for free() */
#include <stdlib.h>

extern void *xmalloc (unsigned size);
extern void *xzmalloc (unsigned size);
extern void *xrealloc (void *ptr, unsigned size);
extern char *xstrdup (const char *str);
extern char *xstrndup (const char *str, unsigned len);

/* Functions using xmalloc.h must provide a function called fatal() conforming
   to the following: */
extern void fatal(const char *fatal_message, int fatal_code);
/*   __attribute__ ((noreturn));*/

#endif /* INCLUDED_XMALLOC_H */