+ /* reallocate the array a->dp
+ *
+ * We store the return in a temporary variable
+ * in case the operation failed we don't want
+ * to overwrite the dp member of a.
+ */
+ tmp = OPT_CAST(mp_digit) XREALLOC (a->dp, sizeof (mp_digit) * size);
+ if (tmp == NULL) {
+ /* reallocation failed but "a" is still valid [can be freed] */