error handlling in recursive function

From: pereges <Broli00@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 06:22:27 -0700 (PDT)

How to to go about this ? Suppose a malloc inside a recursive function
has failed and you want to set the error flag and return it to the
calling function(the one which called the recursive function in the
first place)
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