+/** @brief like realloc, but xbt_die() on error
+ @hideinitializer */
+static inline __attribute__ ((always_inline))
+void *xbt_realloc(void *p, size_t s)
+{
+ void *res = res;
+ //if (s==0) xbt_die("realloc(0) is not portable");
+ if (s) {
+ if (p) {
+ res = realloc(p, s);
+ if (!res)
+ xbt_die(bprintf("memory (re)allocation of %lu bytes failed",
+ (unsigned long)s));
+ } else {
+ res = xbt_malloc(s);
+ }
+ } else {
+ if (p) {
+ free(p);
+ }
+ }
+ return res;
+}
+#else /* non __GNUC__ */
+# define xbt_strdup(s) strdup(s)
+# define xbt_malloc(n) malloc(n)
+# define xbt_malloc0(n) calloc(n,1)
+# define xbt_realloc(p,s) realloc(p,s)
+#endif /* __GNUC__ ? */
+
+/** @brief like free
+ @hideinitializer */
+#define xbt_free free /*nothing specific to do here. A poor valgrind replacement? */
+/*#define xbt_free_fct free * replacement with the guareenty of being a function FIXME:KILLME*/
+
+/** @brief like free, but you can be sure that it is a function */
+XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_free_f(void *p);
+/** @brief should be given a pointer to pointer, and frees the second one */
+XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_free_ref(void *d);
+
+/** @brief like calloc, but xbt_die() on error and don't memset to 0
+ @hideinitializer */
+#define xbt_new(type, count) ((type*)xbt_malloc (sizeof (type) * (count)))
+/** @brief like calloc, but xbt_die() on error
+ @hideinitializer */
+#define xbt_new0(type, count) ((type*)xbt_malloc0 (sizeof (type) * (count)))
+
+/** @} */