- // 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));
+
+ if ( p == NULL) {
+ wxFAIL_MSG( _T("out of memory reallocating wxString data") );
+ // keep previous data since reallocation failed
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+ if ( p != pData )
+ {
+ // contrary to what one might believe, some realloc() implementation do
+ // move the memory block even when its size is reduced
+ pData = (wxStringData *)p;