#include <tic.h>
-MODULE_ID("$Id: alloc_entry.c,v 1.59 2017/04/09 23:33:51 tom Exp $")
+MODULE_ID("$Id: alloc_entry.c,v 1.61 2017/08/25 09:09:08 tom Exp $")
#define ABSENT_OFFSET -1
#define CANCELLED_OFFSET -2
{
char *result = 0;
size_t old_next_free = next_free;
- size_t len = strlen(string) + 1;
+ size_t len;
+
+ if (!VALID_STRING(string))
+ return _nc_save_str("");
+ len = strlen(string) + 1;
if (len == 1 && next_free != 0) {
/*