Better handling of collision with AIX stpncpy() function.

[gnulib.git] / lib / xalloc.h

diff --git a/lib/xalloc.h b/lib/xalloc.h
index 3f8d779..c6ca117 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/xalloc.h
+++ b/lib/xalloc.h
@@ -1,21 +1,78 @@
-#ifndef PARAMS
-# if defined PROTOTYPES || (defined __STDC__ && __STDC__)
-#  define PARAMS(Args) Args
-# else
-#  define PARAMS(Args) ()
+/* xalloc.h -- malloc with out-of-memory checking
+
+   Copyright (C) 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,
+   1999, 2000, 2003 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
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+   Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+#ifndef XALLOC_H_
+# define XALLOC_H_
+
+# include <stddef.h>
+
+# ifndef __attribute__
+#  if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 8) || __STRICT_ANSI__
+#   define __attribute__(x)
+#  endif
+# endif
+
+# ifndef ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN
+#  define ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN __attribute__ ((__noreturn__))
 # endif
-#endif
 
-/* Exit value when the requested amount of memory is not available.
-   The caller may set it to some other value.  */
-extern int xalloc_exit_failure;
+/* If this pointer is non-zero, run the specified function upon each
+   allocation failure.  It is initialized to zero. */
+extern void (*xalloc_fail_func) (void);
+
+/* If XALLOC_FAIL_FUNC is undefined or a function that returns, this
+   message is output.  It is translated via gettext.
+   Its value is "memory exhausted".  */
+extern char const xalloc_msg_memory_exhausted[];
+
+/* This function is always triggered when memory is exhausted.  It is
+   in charge of honoring the two previous items.  It exits with status
+   exit_failure (defined in exitfail.h).  This is the
+   function to call when one wants the program to die because of a
+   memory allocation failure.  */
+extern void xalloc_die (void) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
+
+void *xmalloc (size_t n);
+void *xcalloc (size_t n, size_t s);
+void *xrealloc (void *p, size_t n);
+char *xstrdup (const char *str);
+
+# define XMALLOC(Type, N_items) xmalloc (sizeof (Type) * (N_items))
+# define XCALLOC(Type, N_items) xcalloc (sizeof (Type), N_items)
+# define XREALLOC(Ptr, Type, N_items) xrealloc (Ptr, sizeof (Type) * (N_items))
+
+/* Declare and alloc memory for VAR of type TYPE. */
+# define NEW(Type, Var)  Type *(Var) = XMALLOC (Type, 1)
+
+/* Free VAR only if non NULL. */
+# define XFREE(Var)    \
+   do {                 \
+      if (Var)          \
+        free (Var);     \
+   } while (0)
+
+/* Return a pointer to a malloc'ed copy of the array SRC of NUM elements. */
+# define CCLONE(Src, Num) \
+  (memcpy (xmalloc (sizeof *(Src) * (Num)), Src, sizeof *(Src) * (Num)))
 
-/* FIXME: describe */
-extern char *const xalloc_msg_memory_exhausted;
+/* Return a malloc'ed copy of SRC. */
+# define CLONE(Src) CCLONE (Src, 1)
 
-/* FIXME: describe */
-extern void (*xalloc_fail_func) ();
 
-void *xmalloc PARAMS ((size_t n));
-void *xcalloc PARAMS ((size_t n, size_t s));
-void *xrealloc PARAMS ((void *p, size_t n));
+#endif /* !XALLOC_H_ */