From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: Advance warning of failure of realloc()
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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 04:11:49 GMT
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On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 20:44:01 -0500, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

>>>[snip: how do I safely realloc() memory?]
>>
>> Save your pointer to the old memory block before attempting to realloc.
>
>DJGPP's code allows this, but I didn't realize you could rely on it.

Anyone up for a patch to the realloc() docs?