ne_malloc
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## Name

ne_malloc, ne_calloc, ne_realloc, ne_strdup, ne_strndup, ne_oom_callback — memory allocation wrappers

## Synopsis

    #include <ne_alloc.h>

``void *ne_malloc(`size_t size`)`;`
``void *ne_calloc(`size_t size`)`;`
``void *ne_realloc(`void *size, size_t len`)`;`
``char *ne_strdup(`const char *s, size_t size`)`;`
``char *ne_strndup(`const char *s, size_t size`)`;`
``void ne_oom_callback(`void (*callback)(void)`)`;`

## Description

The functions `ne_malloc`, `ne_calloc`, `ne_realloc`, `ne_strdup` and `ne_strdnup` provide wrappers for the equivalent functions in the standard C library. The wrappers provide the extra guarantee that if the C library equivalent returns `NULL` when no memory is available, an optional callback will be called, and the library will then call `abort`().

`ne_oom_callback` registers a callback which will be invoked if an out of memory error is detected.

## Notes

If the operating system uses optimistic memory allocation, the C library memory allocation routines will not return `NULL`, so it is not possible to gracefully handle memory allocation failures.

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