Do we want a xmalloc or similar function in the Backend?

Hi,

There are 70+ calls of malloc in the backend in the form of

type* foo = malloc(sizeof(...));
if(!foo)  elog(ERROR, "could not allocate memory");

which is a bit annoying to write at times. Would somebody argue against 
introducing a function that does the above named xmalloc() or malloc_or_die()?

Greetings,

Andres
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