lib/xalloc-die.c

   1 /* Report a memory allocation failure and exit.
   2
   3    Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 Free
   4    Software Foundation, Inc.
   5
   6    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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   8    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   9    any later version.
  10
  11    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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  13    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  14    GNU General Public License for more details.
  15
  16    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  17    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
  18    Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
  19
  20 #include <config.h>
  21
  22 #include "xalloc.h"
  23
  24 #include <stdlib.h>
  25
  26 #include "error.h"
  27 #include "exitfail.h"
  28
  29 #include "gettext.h"
  30 #define _(msgid) gettext (msgid)
  31
  32 void
  33 xalloc_die (void)
  34 {
  35   error (exit_failure, 0, "%s", _("memory exhausted"));
  36
  37   /* The `noreturn' cannot be given to error, since it may return if
  38      its first argument is 0.  To help compilers understand the
  39      xalloc_die does not return, call abort.  Also, the abort is a
  40      safety feature if exit_failure is 0 (which shouldn't happen).  */
  41   abort ();
  42 }