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+/*
+ * Malloc wrappers for the string package.
+ *
+ * These functions call smalloc and also counts
+ * how many allocated strings there are.
+ */
+
+extern  void *
+string_malloc(size_t size);
+
+
+extern  void
+string_free(void * ptr);
+
+extern  void *
+string_realloc (void * ptr,
+		size_t size);
+
+extern void
+dump_string_alloc_counts(FILE *stat_file);