-# define XMALLOC(Type, N_bytes) ((Type *) xmalloc (sizeof (Type) * (N_bytes)))
-# define XCALLOC(Type, N_bytes) ((Type *) xcalloc (sizeof (Type), (N_bytes)))
-# define XREALLOC(Ptr, Type, N_bytes) \
- ((Type *) xrealloc ((void *) (Ptr), sizeof (Type) * (N_bytes)))
+# 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)))