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+/****************************************************************************
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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Thomas E. Dickey                    1996-on                     *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+/* $Id: nc_alloc.h,v 1.16 2008/09/27 22:30:33 tom Exp $ */
+
+#ifndef NC_ALLOC_included
+#define NC_ALLOC_included 1
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#if HAVE_LIBDMALLOC
+#include <string.h>
+#undef strndup		/* workaround for #define in GLIBC 2.7 */
+#include <dmalloc.h>    /* Gray Watson's library */
+#else
+#undef  HAVE_LIBDMALLOC
+#define HAVE_LIBDMALLOC 0
+#endif
+
+#if HAVE_LIBDBMALLOC
+#include <dbmalloc.h>   /* Conor Cahill's library */
+#else
+#undef  HAVE_LIBDBMALLOC
+#define HAVE_LIBDBMALLOC 0
+#endif
+
+#if HAVE_LIBMPATROL
+#include <mpatrol.h>    /* Memory-Patrol library */
+#else
+#undef  HAVE_LIBMPATROL
+#define HAVE_LIBMPATROL 0
+#endif
+
+#ifndef NO_LEAKS
+#define NO_LEAKS 0
+#endif
+
+#if HAVE_LIBDBMALLOC || HAVE_LIBDMALLOC || NO_LEAKS
+#define HAVE_NC_FREEALL 1
+struct termtype;
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(void) _nc_free_and_exit(int) GCC_NORETURN;
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(void) _nc_free_tinfo(int) GCC_NORETURN;
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(void) _nc_free_tic(int) GCC_NORETURN;
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(void) _nc_free_tparm(void);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(void) _nc_leaks_dump_entry(void);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(void) _nc_leaks_tic(void);
+#define ExitProgram(code) _nc_free_and_exit(code)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_NC_FREEALL
+#define HAVE_NC_FREEALL 0
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ExitProgram
+#define ExitProgram(code) exit(code)
+#endif
+
+/* doalloc.c */
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(void *) _nc_doalloc(void *, size_t);
+#if !HAVE_STRDUP
+#define strdup _nc_strdup
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(char *) _nc_strdup(const char *);
+#endif
+
+/* entries.c */
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(void) _nc_leaks_tinfo(void);
+
+#define typeMalloc(type,elts) (type *)malloc((elts)*sizeof(type))
+#define typeCalloc(type,elts) (type *)calloc((elts),sizeof(type))
+#define typeRealloc(type,elts,ptr) (type *)_nc_doalloc(ptr, (elts)*sizeof(type))
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* NC_ALLOC_included */