Initial Contribution
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+/* Copyright (C) 2000, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program is Open Source software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the Open Software License version 1.0 as
+ published by the Open Source Initiative.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the Open Software License along
+ with this program; if not, you may obtain a copy of the Open Software
+ License version 1.0 from http://www.opensource.org/licenses/osl.php or
+ by writing the Open Source Initiative c/o Lawrence Rosen, Esq.,
+ 3001 King Ranch Road, Ukiah, CA 95482. */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <error.h>
+//#include <libintl.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include "system.h"
+
+#ifndef _
+# define _(str) gettext (str)
+#endif
+
+
+/* Allocate N bytes of memory dynamically, with error checking. */
+void *
+xmalloc (n)
+ size_t n;
+{
+ void *p;
+
+ p = malloc (n);
+ if (p == NULL)
+ error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("memory exhausted"));
+ return p;
+}
+
+
+/* Allocate memory for N elements of S bytes, with error checking. */
+void *
+xcalloc (n, s)
+ size_t n, s;
+{
+ void *p;
+
+ p = calloc (n, s);
+ if (p == NULL)
+ error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("memory exhausted"));
+ return p;
+}
+
+
+/* Change the size of an allocated block of memory P to N bytes,
+ with error checking. */
+void *
+xrealloc (p, n)
+ void *p;
+ size_t n;
+{
+ p = realloc (p, n);
+ if (p == NULL)
+ error (EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("memory exhausted"));
+ return p;
+}