/* xmalloc.c - get memory or bust Copyright (C) 1987, 1990, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of GAS, the GNU Assembler. GAS 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. GAS 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 GAS; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */ /* static const char rcsid[] = "$Id$"; */ /* NAME xmalloc() - get memory or bust INDEX xmalloc() uses malloc() SYNOPSIS char * my_memory; my_memory = xmalloc(42); / * my_memory gets address of 42 chars * / DESCRIPTION Use xmalloc() as an "error-free" malloc(). It does almost the same job. When it cannot honour your request for memory it BOMBS your program with a "virtual memory exceeded" message. Malloc() returns NULL and does not bomb your program. SEE ALSO malloc() */ #include #ifdef __STDC__ #include #else #ifdef USG #include #else char * malloc(); #endif /* USG */ #endif /* __STDC__ */ #define error as_fatal char * xmalloc(n) long n; { char * retval; void error(); if ((retval = malloc ((unsigned)n)) == NULL) { error("virtual memory exceeded"); } return (retval); } /* end: xmalloc.c */