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From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Trapping failed malloc cal
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 07:48:18 -0700
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Lizard wrote:

> I don't know if xmalloc() is an ANSI function but, according to the libc
> docs, xmalloc() automatically prints an error and exits if now memory is
> available.

No, it isn't.

It's trivial to write one, though.

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