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diff --git a/malloc/obstack.c b/malloc/obstack.c
index a192441..76b7a95 100644
--- a/malloc/obstack.c
+++ b/malloc/obstack.c
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ union fooround {long x; double d;};
/* The functions allocating more room by calling `obstack_chunk_alloc'
jump to the handler pointed to by `obstack_alloc_failed_handler'.
- This variable by default points to the internal function
+ This can be set to a user defined function which should either
+ abort gracefully or use longjump - but shouldn't return. This
+ variable by default points to the internal function
`print_and_abort'. */
#if defined (__STDC__) && __STDC__
static void print_and_abort (void);
@@ -142,9 +144,8 @@ struct obstack *_obstack;
CHUNKFUN is the function to use to allocate chunks,
and FREEFUN the function to free them.
- Return nonzero if successful, zero if out of memory.
- To recover from an out of memory error,
- free up some memory, then call this again. */
+ Return nonzero if successful, calls obstack_alloc_failed_handler if
+ allocation fails. */
int
_obstack_begin (h, size, alignment, chunkfun, freefun)