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@@ -242,13 +242,13 @@ might be supported on the current system, you would need to look at
recommended ones.
.Sp
See the description of \f(CW\*(C`ev_embed\*(C'\fR watchers for more info.
-.IP "ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, long size))" 4
-.IX Item "ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, long size))"
-Sets the allocation function to use (the prototype is similar to the
-realloc C function, the semantics are identical). It is used to allocate
-and free memory (no surprises here). If it returns zero when memory
-needs to be allocated, the library might abort or take some potentially
-destructive action. The default is your system realloc function.
+.IP "ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, size_t size))" 4
+.IX Item "ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, size_t size))"
+Sets the allocation function to use (the prototype and semantics are
+identical to the realloc C function). It is used to allocate and free
+memory (no surprises here). If it returns zero when memory needs to be
+allocated, the library might abort or take some potentially destructive
+action. The default is your system realloc function.
.Sp
You could override this function in high-availability programs to, say,
free some memory if it cannot allocate memory, to use a special allocator,
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ retries: better than mine).
.Sp
.Vb 6
\& static void *
-\& persistent_realloc (void *ptr, long size)
+\& persistent_realloc (void *ptr, size_t size)
\& {
\& for (;;)
\& {