Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:33:03 -0500
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	Yerrick on Tue, 23 Jan 2001 00:19:58 GMT)
Subject: Re: Advance warning of failure of realloc()
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> To expand an allocated memory block, I should use realloc().  But if
> realloc() fails, I lose the contents of the block, correct?  How can
> I prevent irretrievable data loss when calling realloc()?

Call malloc() and copy the data yourself.  Not a perfect solution, as
realloc reuses the current chunk if it can.