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@@ -12,6 +12,18 @@ void *reallocate(void *pointer, size_t oldSize, size_t newSize) {
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return NULL;
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}
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+ /*
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+ The realloc() function tries to change the size of the allocation pointed
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+ to by ptr to size, and returns ptr. If there is not enough room to
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+ enlarge the memory allocation pointed to by ptr, realloc() creates a new
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+ allocation, copies as much of the old data pointed to by ptr as will fit
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+ to the new allocation, frees the old allocation, and returns a pointer to
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+ the allocated memory. If ptr is NULL, realloc() is identical to a call
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+ to malloc() for size bytes. If size is zero and ptr is not NULL, a new,
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+ minimum sized object is allocated and the original object is freed. When
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+ extending a region allocated with calloc(3), realloc(3) does not guaran-
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+ tee that the additional memory is also zero-filled
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+ */
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void *result = realloc(pointer, newSize);
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if (result == NULL) exit(1);
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return result;
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