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+/* xrealloc.c: realloc with error checking.
+
+Copyright (C) 1992, 93 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+/* Don't include config.h or all our other usual includes, since
+   it's useful to just throw this file into other programs.  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+extern char *realloc ();
+
+
+extern void *xmalloc ();
+
+void *
+xrealloc (old_ptr, size)
+    void *old_ptr;
+    unsigned size;
+{
+  void *new_mem;
+
+  if (old_ptr == NULL)
+    new_mem = xmalloc (size);
+  else
+    {
+      new_mem = (void *) realloc (old_ptr, size);
+      if (new_mem == NULL)
+        {
+          /* We used to print OLD_PTR here using %x, and casting its
+             value to unsigned, but that lost on the Alpha, where
+             pointers and unsigned had different sizes.  Since the info
+             is of little or no value anyway, just don't print it.  */
+          fprintf (stderr, "fatal: memory exhausted (realloc of %u bytes).\n",
+                   size);
+          /* 1 means success on VMS, so pick a random number (ASCII `B').  */
+          exit (66);
+        }
+    }
+
+  return new_mem;
+}