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In article <BvIJJz.BpD@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard) writes:
>If realloc() is unable to allocate the larger space desired, what happens?
>7.10.3.4 says:  "...  If the space cannot be allocated, the object pointed
>    to by ptr is unchanged.  ..."
>and  "The realloc function returns either a null pointer or a pointer to the
>    possible moved allocated space".
>While it SEEMS apparent that the meaning is that if realloc() cannot allocate
>more space, it would return the NULL pointer

The first paragraph in ANSI 4.10.3 (Memory management functions) says:
"If the space cannot be allocated, a null pointer is returned."
If the program wants to remember where the existing allocation is, it
has to keep that in another pointer.
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