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+/* xmalloc.c: malloc with error checking.
+
+Copyright (C) 1992, 93 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This library 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
+Library General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, 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 *malloc ();
+
+
+void *
+xmalloc (size)
+    unsigned size;
+{
+  void *new_mem = (void *) malloc (size);
+
+  if (new_mem == NULL)
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "fatal: memory exhausted (xmalloc of %u bytes).\n",
+               size);
+      /* 1 means success on VMS, so pick a random number (ASCII `K').  */
+      exit (75);
+    }
+
+  return new_mem;
+}