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/*
# xmalloc.c: malloc with error checking.
#
# Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
#
*/

/* Don't include config.h or all our other usual includes, since
   it's useful to just throw this file into other programs.  */

#include <stdio.h>
extern char *malloc ();


void *
xmalloc (size)
    unsigned size;
{
  void *new_mem = (void *) malloc (size);

  if (new_mem == NULL)
    {
      fprintf (stderr, "fatal: memory exhausted (xmalloc of %u bytes).\n",
               size);
      /* 1 means success on VMS, so pick a random number (ASCII `K').  */
      exit (75);
    }

  return new_mem;
}