From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: xmalloc and xfree
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 22:13:27 -0700
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Felix Natter wrote:
> 
> thanks for your help,
> but the problem is that the prototypes
> for 'xmalloc' and 'xfree' are (were) commented out
> in include/stdlib.h.
> shouldn't this be fixed with regard to djdev2.03,
> or is it already ?

It is intentional and will stay.  Many programs define their own
xmalloc/xfree, with their own prototypes.  If they were prototyped in
stdlib.h, these programs would not compile.

The correct way to deal with it is to add your own prototypes, in your
source file.  If you're using C++, be sure to mark them `extern "C"'.
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Nate Eldredge
neldredge AT hmc DOT edu