home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- /* xmalloc.c - get memory or bust */
-
- /* Copyright (C) 1987 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- This file is part of Gas, the GNU Assembler.
-
- The GNU assembler is distributed in the hope that it will be
- useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY. No author or distributor
- accepts responsibility to anyone for the consequences of using it
- or for whether it serves any particular purpose or works at all,
- unless he says so in writing. Refer to the GNU Assembler General
- Public License for full details.
-
- Everyone is granted permission to copy, modify and redistribute
- the GNU Assembler, but only under the conditions described in the
- GNU Assembler General Public License. A copy of this license is
- supposed to have been given to you along with the GNU Assembler
- so you can know your rights and responsibilities. It should be
- in a file named COPYING. Among other things, the copyright
- notice and this notice must be preserved on all copies. */
-
-
- #ifdef DOCUMENTATION
-
- 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 can't honour your request for memory it BOMBS your program
- with a "virtual memory exceeded" message. Malloc() returns NULL and
- doesn't bomb your program.
-
- SEE ALSO
- malloc()
-
- #endif /* #ifdef DOCUMENTATION */
-
- char * xmalloc(n)
- long n;
- {
- char * retval;
- char * malloc();
- void error();
-
- if ( ! (retval = malloc ((unsigned)n)) )
- {
- error("virtual memory exceeded");
- }
- return (retval);
- }
-
- /* end: xmalloc.c */
-