Use modern idiom for malloc() replacement.

[gnulib.git] / m4 / malloc.m4

diff --git a/m4/malloc.m4 b/m4/malloc.m4
index 910ac92..6f2f936 100644 (file)
--- a/m4/malloc.m4
+++ b/m4/malloc.m4
@@ -1,25 +1,40 @@
-# malloc.m4 serial 9
+# malloc.m4 serial 10
 dnl Copyright (C) 2007, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
 
+# gl_FUNC_MALLOC_GNU
+# ------------------
+# Test whether 'malloc (0)' is handled like in GNU libc, and replace malloc if
+# it is not.
+AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_MALLOC_GNU],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([gl_STDLIB_H_DEFAULTS])
+  dnl _AC_FUNC_MALLOC_IF is defined in Autoconf.
+  _AC_FUNC_MALLOC_IF(
+    [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MALLOC], [1],
+               [Define to 1 if your system has a GNU libc compatible 'malloc'
+                function, and to 0 otherwise.])],
+    [AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MALLOC], [0])
+     gl_REPLACE_MALLOC
+    ])
+])
+
 # gl_FUNC_MALLOC_POSIX
 # --------------------
 # Test whether 'malloc' is POSIX compliant (sets errno to ENOMEM when it
 # fails), and replace malloc if it is not.
 AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_MALLOC_POSIX],
 [
+  AC_REQUIRE([gl_STDLIB_H_DEFAULTS])
   AC_REQUIRE([gl_CHECK_MALLOC_POSIX])
   if test $gl_cv_func_malloc_posix = yes; then
-    HAVE_MALLOC_POSIX=1
     AC_DEFINE([HAVE_MALLOC_POSIX], [1],
       [Define if the 'malloc' function is POSIX compliant.])
   else
-    AC_LIBOBJ([malloc])
-    HAVE_MALLOC_POSIX=0
+    gl_REPLACE_MALLOC
   fi
-  AC_SUBST([HAVE_MALLOC_POSIX])
 ])
 
 # Test whether malloc, realloc, calloc are POSIX compliant,
@@ -39,3 +54,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_CHECK_MALLOC_POSIX],
         ], [gl_cv_func_malloc_posix=yes], [gl_cv_func_malloc_posix=no])
     ])
 ])
+
+AC_DEFUN([gl_REPLACE_MALLOC],
+[
+  AC_LIBOBJ([malloc])
+  HAVE_MALLOC_POSIX=0
+])