Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 09:26:15 +0200 (MET DST) From: Nick Hibma <nick.hibma@jrc.it> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: FreeBSD hackers mailing list <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Realloc fix for review Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95q.980821092427.1847J-100000@elect8> In-Reply-To: <199808210309.VAA26640@harmony.village.org>
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> #include <stdlib.h>
>
> void *
> frealloc(void *ptr, size_t size)
> {
> void *nptr;
>
> nptr = realloc(ptr, size);
> if (!nptr && ptr)
> free(ptr);
> return (nptr);
> }
>
> which does try to avoid calling free(NULL).
>
> Warner
What about using a define in stdlib.h:
#define reallocf(ptr, size) \
{ \
void *nptr; \
nptr = realloc(ptr,size); \
if ( !nptr && ptr ) \
free(ptr) \
nptr \
}
Or at least, something along those lines.
Nick
P.S.: About name space pollution: What about calling it
reallocAndFreeAfterwardsIfReallocFails
You won't need a man page...
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