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35 .Nd reallocate memory for an array of elements checking for overflow
37 .Vt #define _OPENBSD_SOURCE
48 function reallocates the pointer
50 to a size appropriate to handle an allocation of
52 elements in an array where each of the array elements is
56 and making sure that overflow does not happen in the multiplication of
59 This function is provided for source compatibility with
62 its use is discouraged in preference to
69 if there was overflow or if
75 or preserving the value from
89 function first appeared in
96 For compatibility reasons it's available since
104 function was designed to facilitate safe,
105 robust programming and overcome the shortcomings of the
109 functions by centralizing the overflow check in the multiplication of
114 There are still portability issues (it does not solve
117 sized allocation return ambiguity in the C standard: does
121 or a unique pointer to memory that cannot be accessed? Does a
123 mean that an error occurred, and can someone check
125 in that case to find out what happened?).
129 decided to go with an alternative implementation, and created