lib/xalloc-die.c

/* Report a memory allocation failure and exit.

   Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 Free
   Software Foundation, Inc.

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
   any later version.

   This program 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 General Public License for more details.

   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
   Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */

#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
# include <config.h>
#endif

#include "xalloc.h"

#include <stdlib.h>

#include "error.h"
#include "exitfail.h"

#include "gettext.h"
#define _(msgid) gettext (msgid)

void
xalloc_die (void)
{
  error (exit_failure, 0, "%s", _("memory exhausted"));

  /* The `noreturn' cannot be given to error, since it may return if
     its first argument is 0.  To help compilers understand the
     xalloc_die does not return, call abort.  Also, the abort is a
     safety feature if exit_failure is 0 (which shouldn't happen).  */
  abort ();
}