extern uint32_t dict_read_number(dict_t *dict, cstring_t key, bool_t required,
cstring_t desc, struct cloc loc,
uint32_t def);
+ /* return value can safely be assigned to int32_t */
extern bool_t dict_read_bool(dict_t *dict, cstring_t key, bool_t required,
cstring_t desc, struct cloc loc, bool_t def);
struct flagstr {
extern char *safe_strdup(const char *string, const char *message);
extern void *safe_malloc(size_t size, const char *message);
+extern void *safe_malloc_ary(size_t size, size_t count, const char *message);
extern int sys_cmd(const char *file, const char *argc, ...);