/*====================================================================*
*
* void * emalloc (size_t length)
*
* error.h
*
* attempt to allocate memory using malloc(); return the memory address
* on success; print an error message on stderr and then terminate the
* program on failure;
*
* Motley Tools by Charles Maier <cmaier@cmassoc.net>;
* Copyright (c) 2001-2006 by Charles Maier Associates;
* Licensed under the Internet Software Consortium License;
*
*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
#ifndef EMALLOC_SOURCE
#define EMALLOC_SOURCE
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include "../tools/error.h"
void * emalloc (size_t length)
{
void * memory = malloc (length);
if (!memory)
{
error (1, errno, "need %lu bytes", (long)(length));
}
return (memory);
}
#endif