Import of GNU sort from coreutils CVS (trimmed)

contrib/gnu-sort/lib/xalloc-die.c

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+/* Report a memory allocation failure and exit.
+
+   Copyright (C) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free
+   Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+   any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+   Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "xalloc.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "error.h"
+#include "exitfail.h"
+
+#include "gettext.h"
+#define _(msgid) gettext (msgid)
+#define N_(msgid) msgid
+
+void
+xalloc_die (void)
+{
+  error (exit_failure, 0, "%s", _("memory exhausted"));
+
+  /* The `noreturn' cannot be given to error, since it may return if
+     its first argument is 0.  To help compilers understand the
+     xalloc_die does not return, call abort.  Also, the abort is a
+     safety feature if exit_failure is 0 (which shouldn't happen).  */
+  abort ();
+}