Added some error handling in the List functions. Just trying to get a feel for how to handle memory allocation failures in C.

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2022-01-05 16:51:26 +00:00
parent 2d3b6f1858
commit 0b46ac2f54
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@@ -1,8 +1,22 @@
#include "../includes/list.h"
#include <stdio.h>
List* CreateList() {
List *new = malloc(sizeof(List));
if (!new) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to malloc() for new new List.\n");
return NULL;
}
new->root = malloc(sizeof(char*) * LISTDEFAULTSIZE);
if (!new->root) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to malloc() memory for List contents.\n");
free(new);
return NULL;
}
new->size = 0;
new->capacity = LISTDEFAULTSIZE;
@@ -16,6 +30,7 @@ int AddListItem(const char *value, List* list) {
void* ptr = realloc(list->root, sizeof(char*) * list->capacity * 2);
//Note: realloc will free list->root if it succeeds.
if (!ptr) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to resize array with realloc() for new item '%s'.\n", value);
return -1;
}
@@ -26,6 +41,12 @@ int AddListItem(const char *value, List* list) {
unsigned long valueLength = strlen(value) + 1; //Plus one for the null byte.
char* item = malloc(valueLength);
if (!item) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to malloc() new memory for '%s' (length: %lu bytes).\n", value, valueLength);
return -1;;
}
strncpy(item, value, valueLength);
list->root[list->size] = item;