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From: devsop%ra%netvax@CCC.NMFECC.GOV (Pothier Steve)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Returning from XtMalloc??
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Date: 27 Feb 90 15:54:27 GMT
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The X Toolkit Intrinsics manual (X11R3) says "These functions
[XtMalloc, XtCalloc, XtRealloc] are completely compatible with their C
language runtime counterparts ..."

However, the Xt versions don't seem to return if space can't be
allocated. Does this mean one should use the Xt alloc functions only
when the memory they grab is strictly necessary to continue with
client execution? Should we use regular C alloc functions when there
is the possibility of continueing from a failed alloc?

advTHANKSance,
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Steve Pothier
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Science Applications International
Tucson, AZ
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