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Paul Lalonde wrote:
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> Isn't the traditional solution to pre-allocate an emergency pad, and  
> when malloc fails the emergency "I need more memory" handler gets to  
> use that pad, and then propagates the condition upwards until some  
> caller can handle the case?

it's very common, and you can probably patent it anyway.

ron