xmalloc.h 2.65 KB
/* xmalloc.h -- Allocation package that calls fatal() when out of memory
 * $Id$
 *
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#ifndef INCLUDED_XMALLOC_H
#define INCLUDED_XMALLOC_H

/* for size_t */
#include <stdio.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);
extern void *fs_get (unsigned size);
extern void fs_give (void **ptr);

/* handy string manipulation functions */
#ifndef HAVE_STRLCPY
extern size_t strlcpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t len);
#endif
#ifndef HAVE_STRLCAT
extern size_t strlcat(char *dst, const char *src, size_t len);
#endif

/* 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 */