-/* Work around bug on some systems where realloc (NULL, n) fails.
- Copyright (C) 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* realloc() function that is glibc compatible.
+ Copyright (C) 1997, 2003, 2004 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
#endif
#undef realloc
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-char *malloc ();
-char *realloc ();
+#include <stdlib.h>
/* Change the size of an allocated block of memory P to N bytes,
with error checking. If N is zero, change it to 1. If P is NULL,
use malloc. */
-char *
-rpl_realloc (p, n)
- char *p;
- size_t n;
+void *
+rpl_realloc (void *p, size_t n)
{
if (n == 0)
- n = 1;
- if (p == 0)
+ {
+ n = 1;
+
+ /* In theory realloc might fail, so don't rely on it to free. */
+ free (p);
+ p = NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (p == NULL)
return malloc (n);
return realloc (p, n);
}