--- /dev/null
+#ifndef _XMALLOC_H
+#define _XMALLOC_H
+
+#include <stdlib.h> /* for size_t */
+
+/*
+ * avoid possible collision with readline xmalloc functions
+ */
+
+#define xmalloc _xmalloc_xmalloc
+#define xrealloc _xmalloc_xrealloc
+
+void xmalloc_set_error_handler(void (*)(int));
+void * xmalloc(size_t);
+void * xmalloc0(size_t);
+void * xmalloc_inc(size_t, size_t);
+void * xrealloc(void *, size_t);
+void * xrealloc_inc(void *, size_t, size_t);
+char * xstrdup(const char *s);
+
+#define xfree(ptr) do { free(ptr); ptr = NULL; } while(0)
+
+#endif