.\" (C) 2002 Ian Gulliver
.TH firestring_malloc 3 2002-03-31
.SH NAME
firestring_malloc \-
.BR malloc (3)
with internal result checking
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B #include <firestring.h>
.br
.B -lfirestring
.LP
.BI "void *firestring_malloc(const size_t " "size" ")"
.SH DESCRIPTION
firestring_malloc() acts exactly like
.BR malloc (3)
except that it detects malloc failures, prints an error and
.BR exit (3)
with exit status EXIT_FAILURE.  In most programs, malloc
failures are unrecoverable, and this is the preferred
behaviour.
.SH RETURN VALUE
If firestring_malloc() returns, it
.B always
returns a new memory area of
.I size
bytes. It
.B never
returns
.IR NULL.
.SH AUTHOR
Ian Gulliver <ian@penguinhosting.net>
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR libfirestring (3)