[GitHub] [qpid-dispatch] jiridanek commented on a change in pull request #757: DISPATCH-1685: add heap allocation API that aborts on failure

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jiridanek commented on a change in pull request #757:
URL: https://github.com/apache/qpid-dispatch/pull/757#discussion_r437586665



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File path: include/qpid/dispatch/ctools.h
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@@ -217,4 +218,41 @@ do {                                    \
 #define MIN(a,b) (((a)<(b))?(a):(b))
 #define MAX(a,b) (((a)>(b))?(a):(b))
 
+//
+// Heap allocation with abort() on failure
+//
+
+static inline void *qd_malloc(size_t size)
+{
+    void *ptr = malloc(size);
+    if (!ptr)
+        abort();

Review comment:
       maybe some error message for the abort? on the other hand, that abort will probably never be called in practice, so it does not matter for UX...




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