Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 13:45:52 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Kalum Somaratna <kalum AT myflat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: xmalloc and xfree
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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, Kalum Somaratna wrote:

> The header file wich contain's the definition is stdlib.h  as 
> documented in the doc's.
> 
>  #include <stdlib.h>
>  void *xmalloc(size_t size);

Please look at stdlib.h, and you will see that the prototype of xmalloc 
is commented out there.  There's an explanation there about the reasons.

> It is strange that you got the messages. I compiled your program 
> and it linked without any problems and I also didn't get any 
> undefined reference's.

If you didn't use the -Wall option, the compiler won't warn about 
functions with no prototypes.