--- /dev/null
+/* xalloc.h -- malloc with out-of-memory checking
+ Copyright (C) 1990-1998, 1999, 2000 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 2, 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, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
+#ifndef XALLOC_H_
+# define XALLOC_H_
+
+# ifndef PARAMS
+# if defined PROTOTYPES || (defined __STDC__ && __STDC__)
+# define PARAMS(Args) Args
+# else
+# define PARAMS(Args) ()
+# endif
+# endif
+
+# ifndef __attribute__
+# if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 8) || __STRICT_ANSI__
+# define __attribute__(x)
+# endif
+# endif
+
+# ifndef ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN
+# define ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN __attribute__ ((__noreturn__))
+# endif
+
+/* Exit value when the requested amount of memory is not available.
+ It is initialized to EXIT_FAILURE, but the caller may set it to
+ some other value. */
+extern int xalloc_exit_failure;
+
+/* If this pointer is non-zero, run the specified function upon each
+ allocation failure. It is initialized to zero. */
+extern void (*xalloc_fail_func) PARAMS ((void));
+
+/* If XALLOC_FAIL_FUNC is undefined or a function that returns, this
+ message must be non-NULL. It is translated via gettext.
+ The default value is "Memory exhausted". */
+extern char *const xalloc_msg_memory_exhausted;
+
+/* This function is always triggered when memory is exhausted. It is
+ in charge of honoring the three previous items. This is the
+ function to call when one wants the program to die because of a
+ memory allocation failure. */
+extern void xalloc_die PARAMS ((void)) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
+
+void *xmalloc PARAMS ((size_t n));
+void *xcalloc PARAMS ((size_t n, size_t s));
+void *xrealloc PARAMS ((void *p, size_t n));
+char *xstrdup PARAMS ((const char *str));
+
+# define XMALLOC(Type, N_items) ((Type *) xmalloc (sizeof (Type) * (N_items)))
+# define XCALLOC(Type, N_items) ((Type *) xcalloc (sizeof (Type), (N_items)))
+# define XREALLOC(Ptr, Type, N_items) \
+ ((Type *) xrealloc ((void *) (Ptr), sizeof (Type) * (N_items)))
+
+/* Declare and alloc memory for VAR of type TYPE. */
+# define NEW(Type, Var) Type *(Var) = XMALLOC (Type, 1)
+
+/* Free VAR only if non NULL. */
+# define XFREE(Var) \
+ do { \
+ if (Var) \
+ free (Var); \
+ } while (0)
+
+/* Return a pointer to a malloc'ed copy of the array SRC of NUM elements. */
+# define CCLONE(Src, Num) \
+ (memcpy (xmalloc (sizeof (*Src) * (Num)), (Src), sizeof (*Src) * (Num)))
+
+/* Return a malloc'ed copy of SRC. */
+# define CLONE(Src) CCLONE (Src, 1)
+
+
+#endif /* !XALLOC_H_ */