- // this variable is unused in release build, so avoid the compiler warning
- // by just not declaring it
-#ifdef __WXDEBUG__
- void *p =
-#endif
- realloc(pData, sizeof(wxStringData) + (pData->nDataLength + 1)*sizeof(wxChar));
+ size_t nLen = pData->nDataLength;
+ void *p = realloc(pData, sizeof(wxStringData) + (nLen + 1)*sizeof(wxChar));
+
+ wxASSERT_MSG( p != NULL, _T("can't free memory?") );