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I've tried compiling a code fragment with the gcc
compiler and get message that my call to 
malloc has too many arguments.  It looks like

...
  if ( ! ( parameterName = (char *) malloc( paramNameLength ) ) )
  {
	/* send error message to panel handler
	not enough memory for parameter Name */

         /* abort constructor */
  }	

  strcpy( parameterName, parameterN  ) ;
  typeparam = typepar ;
}...

I have tried specifying a number of header files
that contain the prototype ... such as:

#include <malloc.h>

gcc -c mparam.C
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-sunos4.1/2.4.5/include/malloc.h: In method `par
ameter::parameter (char *, enum paramtype)':
/usr/local/lib/gcc-lib/sparc-sun-sunos4.1/2.4.5/include/malloc.h:41: too many ar
guments to function `void * malloc ()'
mparam.C:25: at this point in file

It seems that they have malloc defined with
no arguments.
or 

#include <stdlib.h>

gcc -c mparam.C
In file included from mparam.C:12:
/usr/local/lib/g++-include/stdlib.h:38: parse error before `('
/usr/local/lib/g++-include/stdlib.h:38: parse error before `*'
/usr/local/lib/g++-include/stdlib.h:38: warning: data definition has no type or
storage class

there is an error in the supplied header file.

Any suggestions??

                -Jon