From eab45f3f58a58106da5834d17fe59724f6da5189 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elaina Claus <elaina.claus@chtm.me>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:51:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] x-alloc class function prototypes

---
 include/nickel/xalloc.h | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 src/nickel/xalloc.c     | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 src/nickel/xalloc.c

diff --git a/include/nickel/xalloc.h b/include/nickel/xalloc.h
index 4149f78..563c383 100644
--- a/include/nickel/xalloc.h
+++ b/include/nickel/xalloc.h
@@ -1,11 +1,25 @@
 #ifndef __NICKEL_XALLOC_H_
 #define __NICKEL_XALLOC_H_
 
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-/* header contents */
+void* ni_xmalloc(size_t size);
+void ni_free(void* ptr);
+
+void* ni_xcalloc(size_t nmemb,size_t size);
+void* ni_xrealloc(void* ptr, size_t size);
+
+char* ni_xstrdup(const char *s);
+char* ni_xstrndup(const char s[], size_t n);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/src/nickel/xalloc.c b/src/nickel/xalloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c48cba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nickel/xalloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "nickel/xalloc.h"
+
+void* ni_xmalloc(size_t size) {
+
+}
+
+void ni_free(void* ptr) {
+
+}
+
+void* ni_xcalloc(size_t nmemb,size_t size) {
+
+}
+
+void* ni_xrealloc(void* ptr, size_t size) {
+
+}
+
+char* ni_xstrdup(const char *s) {
+    
+}
+
+char* ni_xstrndup(const char s[], size_t n) {
+
+}
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