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firestring_malloc(3)  DragonFly Library Functions Manual  firestring_malloc(3)

NAME
       firestring_malloc - malloc(3) with internal result checking

SYNOPSIS
       #include <firestring.h>
       -lfirestring

       void *firestring_malloc(const size_t size)

DESCRIPTION
       firestring_malloc() acts exactly like malloc(3) except that it detects
       malloc failures, prints an error and exit(3) with exit status
       EXIT_FAILURE.  In most programs, malloc failures are unrecoverable, and
       this is the preferred behaviour.

RETURN VALUE
       If firestring_malloc() returns, it always returns a new memory area of
       size bytes. It never returns NULL.

AUTHOR
       Ian Gulliver <ian@penguinhosting.net>

SEE ALSO
       libfirestring(3)

                                  2002-03-31              firestring_malloc(3)