-#ifdef SKIPTHIS
- is->merge_buf = (char *) xmalloc (max_buf_size+256);
- memset (is->merge_buf, 0, max_buf_size+256);
-#else
- is->startblock = (char *) xmalloc (max_buf_size+256);
- memset (is->startblock, 0, max_buf_size+256);
- is->lastblock = (char *) xmalloc (max_buf_size+256);
- memset (is->lastblock, 0, max_buf_size+256);
- /* The spare 256 bytes should not be needed! */
-#endif