From:	Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	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()?

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