diff --git a/ext/wasm/api/EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS.sqlite3-api b/ext/wasm/api/EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS.sqlite3-api
index 1f7908e3b8..bbf16215ae 100644
--- a/ext/wasm/api/EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS.sqlite3-api
+++ b/ext/wasm/api/EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS.sqlite3-api
@@ -93,3 +93,4 @@ _sqlite3_vfs_register
 _sqlite3_vfs_unregister
 _malloc
 _free
+_realloc
diff --git a/ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-api-prologue.js b/ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-api-prologue.js
index b6ff94dfe4..a0e978c952 100644
--- a/ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-api-prologue.js
+++ b/ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-api-prologue.js
@@ -112,12 +112,23 @@ self.sqlite3ApiBootstrap = function sqlite3ApiBootstrap(
       }
       return !!self.BigInt64Array;
     })(),
-    allocExportName: 'sqlite3_malloc',
-    deallocExportName: 'sqlite3_free',
-    reallocExportName: 'sqlite3_realloc',
-    wasmfsOpfsDir: '/opfs'
+    wasmfsOpfsDir: '/opfs',
+    /**
+       useStdAlloc is just for testing an allocator discrepancy. The
+       docs guarantee that this is false in the canonical builds. For
+       99% of purposes it doesn't matter which allocators we use, but
+       it becomes significant with, e.g., sqlite3_deserialize()
+       and certain wasm.xWrap.resultAdapter()s.
+    */
+    useStdAlloc: false
   }, apiConfig || {});
 
+  Object.assign(config, {
+    allocExportName: config.useStdAlloc ? 'malloc' : 'sqlite3_malloc',
+    deallocExportName: config.useStdAlloc ? 'free' : 'sqlite3_free',
+    reallocExportName: config.useStdAlloc ? 'realloc' : 'sqlite3_realloc'
+  }, config);
+
   [
     // If any of these config options are functions, replace them with
     // the result of calling that function...
@@ -768,15 +779,12 @@ self.sqlite3ApiBootstrap = function sqlite3ApiBootstrap(
     }
 
     wasm.alloc = function f(n){
-      const m = f.impl(n);
-      if(!m) throw new WasmAllocError("Failed to allocate",n," bytes.");
-      return m;
+      return f.impl(n) || WasmAllocError.toss("Failed to allocate",n," bytes.");
     };
     wasm.alloc.impl = wasm.exports[keyAlloc];
     wasm.realloc = function f(m,n){
       const m2 = f.impl(m,n);
-      if(n && !m2) throw new WasmAllocError("Failed to reallocate",n," bytes.");
-      return n ? m2 : 0;
+      return n ? (m2 || WasmAllocError.toss("Failed to reallocate",n," bytes.")) : 0;
     };
     wasm.realloc.impl = wasm.exports[keyRealloc];
     wasm.dealloc = wasm.exports[keyDealloc];
diff --git a/ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-wasm.c b/ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-wasm.c
index cbc4499760..f6499243a6 100644
--- a/ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-wasm.c
+++ b/ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-wasm.c
@@ -1204,7 +1204,7 @@ void sqlite3_wasm_test_stack_overflow(int recurse){
 /* For testing the 'string-free' whwasmutil.xWrap() conversion. */
 SQLITE_WASM_KEEP
 char * sqlite3_wasm_test_str_hello(int fail){
-  char * s = fail ? 0 : (char *)malloc(6);
+  char * s = fail ? 0 : (char *)sqlite3_malloc(6);
   if(s){
     memcpy(s, "hello", 5);
     s[5] = 0;
diff --git a/ext/wasm/common/whwasmutil.js b/ext/wasm/common/whwasmutil.js
index 0190433773..8cb4833247 100644
--- a/ext/wasm/common/whwasmutil.js
+++ b/ext/wasm/common/whwasmutil.js
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ self.WhWasmUtilInstaller = function(target){
      - If v is a string, scopeAlloc() a new C-string from it and return
        that temp string's pointer.
 
-     - Else return the value from the arg adaptor defined for ptrIR.
+     - Else return the value from the arg adapter defined for ptrIR.
 
      TODO? Permit an Int8Array/Uint8Array and convert it to a string?
      Would that be too much magic concentrated in one place, ready to
@@ -1279,12 +1279,12 @@ self.WhWasmUtilInstaller = function(target){
       return v ? xcv.arg[ptrIR](v) : null;
     };
   xcv.result.string = xcv.result.utf8 = (i)=>target.cstringToJs(i);
-  xcv.result['string:free'] = xcv.result['utf8:free'] = (i)=>{
+  xcv.result['string:dealloc'] = xcv.result['utf8:dealloc'] = (i)=>{
     try { return i ? target.cstringToJs(i) : null }
     finally{ target.dealloc(i) }
   };
   xcv.result.json = (i)=>JSON.parse(target.cstringToJs(i));
-  xcv.result['json:free'] = (i)=>{
+  xcv.result['json:dealloc'] = (i)=>{
     try{ return i ? JSON.parse(target.cstringToJs(i)) : null }
     finally{ target.dealloc(i) }
   }
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ self.WhWasmUtilInstaller = function(target){
        true.
 
      - `f32` (`float`), `f64` (`double`) (args and results): pass
-       their argument to Number(). i.e. the adaptor does not currently
+       their argument to Number(). i.e. the adapter does not currently
        distinguish between the two types of floating-point numbers.
 
      - `number` (results): converts the result to a JS Number using
@@ -1411,7 +1411,7 @@ self.WhWasmUtilInstaller = function(target){
          const C-string, encoded as UTF-8, copies it to a JS string,
          and returns that JS string.
 
-     - `string:free` or `utf8:free) (results): treats the result value
+     - `string:dealloc` or `utf8:dealloc) (results): treats the result value
        as a non-const UTF-8 C-string, ownership of which has just been
        transfered to the caller. It copies the C-string to a JS
        string, frees the C-string, and returns the JS string. If such
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ self.WhWasmUtilInstaller = function(target){
        required. For example:
 
 ```js
-   target.xWrap.resultAdaptor('string:my_free',(i)=>{
+   target.xWrap.resultAdapter('string:my_free',(i)=>{
       try { return i ? target.cstringToJs(i) : null }
       finally{ target.exports.my_free(i) }
    };
@@ -1432,9 +1432,9 @@ self.WhWasmUtilInstaller = function(target){
        returns the result of passing the converted-to-JS string to
        JSON.parse(). Returns `null` if the C-string is a NULL pointer.
 
-     - `json:free` (results): works exactly like `string:free` but
+     - `json:dealloc` (results): works exactly like `string:dealloc` but
        returns the same thing as the `json` adapter. Note the
-       warning in `string:free` regarding maching allocators and
+       warning in `string:dealloc` regarding maching allocators and
        deallocators.
 
      The type names for results and arguments are validated when
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ self.WhWasmUtilInstaller = function(target){
   */
   target.xWrap.resultAdapter = function f(typeName, adapter){
     return __xAdapter(f, arguments.length, typeName, adapter,
-                      'resultAdaptor()', xcv.result);
+                      'resultAdapter()', xcv.result);
   };
 
   /**
diff --git a/ext/wasm/tester1.c-pp.js b/ext/wasm/tester1.c-pp.js
index 949d2365c4..2820555ffd 100644
--- a/ext/wasm/tester1.c-pp.js
+++ b/ext/wasm/tester1.c-pp.js
@@ -344,9 +344,20 @@ self.sqlite3InitModule = sqlite3InitModule;
 
   ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   T.g('Basic sanity checks')
-    .t("JS wasm-side allocator === sqlite3_malloc()", function(sqlite3){
-      T.assert(wasm.alloc.impl === wasm.exports.sqlite3_malloc)
-        .assert(wasm.dealloc === wasm.exports.sqlite3_free);
+    .t({
+      name: "JS wasm-side allocator",
+      test: function(sqlite3){
+        if(sqlite3.config.useStdAlloc){
+          warn("Using system allocator. This violates the docs.");
+          T.assert(wasm.alloc.impl === wasm.exports.malloc)
+            .assert(wasm.dealloc === wasm.exports.free)
+            .assert(wasm.realloc.impl === wasm.exports.realloc);
+        }else{
+          T.assert(wasm.alloc.impl === wasm.exports.sqlite3_malloc)
+            .assert(wasm.dealloc === wasm.exports.sqlite3_free)
+            .assert(wasm.realloc.impl === wasm.exports.sqlite3_realloc);
+        }
+      }
     })
     .t('Namespace object checks', function(sqlite3){
       const wasmCtypes = wasm.ctype;
@@ -434,12 +445,14 @@ self.sqlite3InitModule = sqlite3InitModule;
 
         // Check allocation limits and allocator's responses...
         T.assert('number' === typeof sqlite3.capi.SQLITE_MAX_ALLOCATION_SIZE);
-        const tooMuch = sqlite3.capi.SQLITE_MAX_ALLOCATION_SIZE + 1,
-              isAllocErr = (e)=>e instanceof sqlite3.WasmAllocError;
-        T.mustThrowMatching(()=>w.alloc(tooMuch), isAllocErr)
-          .assert(0 === w.alloc.impl(tooMuch))
-          .mustThrowMatching(()=>w.realloc(0, tooMuch), isAllocErr)
-          .assert(0 === w.realloc.impl(0, tooMuch));
+        if(!sqlite3.config.useStdAlloc){
+          const tooMuch = sqlite3.capi.SQLITE_MAX_ALLOCATION_SIZE + 1,
+                isAllocErr = (e)=>e instanceof sqlite3.WasmAllocError;
+          T.mustThrowMatching(()=>w.alloc(tooMuch), isAllocErr)
+            .assert(0 === w.alloc.impl(tooMuch))
+            .mustThrowMatching(()=>w.realloc(0, tooMuch), isAllocErr)
+            .assert(0 === w.realloc.impl(0, tooMuch));
+        }
 
         // Check allocFromTypedArray()...
         const byteList = [11,22,33]
@@ -553,11 +566,12 @@ self.sqlite3InitModule = sqlite3InitModule;
 
       //log("allocCString()...");
       {
-        const cstr = w.allocCString("hällo, world");
-        const n = w.cstrlen(cstr);
-        T.assert(13 === n)
+        const jstr = "hällo, world!";
+        const [cstr, n] = w.allocCString(jstr, true);
+        T.assert(14 === n)
           .assert(0===w.getMemValue(cstr+n))
-          .assert(chr('d')===w.getMemValue(cstr+n-1));
+          .assert(chr('!')===w.getMemValue(cstr+n-1));
+        w.dealloc(cstr);
       }
 
       //log("scopedAlloc() and friends...");
@@ -639,11 +653,13 @@ self.sqlite3InitModule = sqlite3InitModule;
         rc = w.xCallWrapped('sqlite3_wasm_enum_json','utf8');
         T.assert('string'===typeof rc).assert(rc.length>300);
         if(haveWasmCTests()){
-          fw = w.xWrap('sqlite3_wasm_test_str_hello', 'utf8:free',['i32']);
-          rc = fw(0);
-          T.assert('hello'===rc);
-          rc = fw(1);
-          T.assert(null===rc);
+          if(!sqlite3.config.useStdAlloc){
+            fw = w.xWrap('sqlite3_wasm_test_str_hello', 'utf8:dealloc',['i32']);
+            rc = fw(0);
+            T.assert('hello'===rc);
+            rc = fw(1);
+            T.assert(null===rc);
+          }
 
           if(w.bigIntEnabled){
             w.xWrap.resultAdapter('thrice', (v)=>3n*BigInt(v));
diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index e9a01448a6..ee12cfe5ad 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Doc\stypo\sfix\sfor\sSQLITE_MAX_ALLOCATION_SIZE\sin\smalloc.c.\sNo\scode\schanges.
-D 2022-12-03T13:05:33.513
+C Rename\swasm.xWrap.resultAdapter()\sX:free\sentries\sto\sX:dealloc\sfor\sconsistency\swith\swasm.dealloc().\sAdd\san\sundocumented\sfeature\sto\sreplace\swasm.alloc/dealloc/realloc()\swith\sthe\sC-standard\sallocators\s(after\san\sallocator\smisuse\sled\sdown\sa\sseveral-hour\srabbit\shole\strying\sto\sdiscover\sa\smis-free()\sviolation).\sRelated\stest\supdates.
+D 2022-12-03T13:10:58.483
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F LICENSE.md df5091916dbb40e6e9686186587125e1b2ff51f022cc334e886c19a0e9982724
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ F ext/wasm/EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS.fiddle.in 27450c8b8c70875a260aca55435ec927068b34ce
 F ext/wasm/GNUmakefile bfa47f169468ca9db031105b0e336db29a88e93c3abd217d0bbb2b8731fa5413
 F ext/wasm/README-dist.txt 2d670b426fc7c613b90a7d2f2b05b433088fe65181abead970980f0a4a75ea20
 F ext/wasm/README.md ef39861aa21632fdbca0bdd469f78f0096f6449a720f3f39642594af503030e9
-F ext/wasm/api/EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS.sqlite3-api b4d68c97d14944b48d55e06aa44f544a6f56a7fa2bcb6f9e030936a5b2a9479a
+F ext/wasm/api/EXPORTED_FUNCTIONS.sqlite3-api eeb1300945c3871e46904e026a04a41d6fc458fcaa74ccee4e719ebb8ccb3087
 F ext/wasm/api/EXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS.sqlite3-api 1ec3c73e7d66e95529c3c64ac3de2470b0e9e7fbf7a5b41261c367cf4f1b7287
 F ext/wasm/api/README.md 20a256f4aaae80035d2bb1c9e3e0a125570313a8d137d427471d7be10edde87a
 F ext/wasm/api/extern-post-js.c-pp.js 8923f76c3d2213159e12d641dc750523ead5c848185dc4996fae5cc12397f88d
@@ -505,14 +505,14 @@ F ext/wasm/api/pre-js.c-pp.js b88499dc303c21fc3f55f2c364a0f814f587b60a9578430388
 F ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-api-cleanup.js 680d5ccfff54459db136a49b2199d9f879c8405d9c99af1dda0cc5e7c29056f4
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-F ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-api-prologue.js 3d9550021269fd97636595ea2d2a1ec3ce00866f0a5d3b5fab94d4583afdafe0
+F ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-api-prologue.js b06eb09246deb56612b4905eb2ec4bcc8b10f0472fa661cd54c5d6cd1888d8b9
 F ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-api-worker1.js e94ba98e44afccfa482874cd9acb325883ade50ed1f9f9526beb9de1711f182f
 F ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-license-version-header.js a661182fc93fc2cf212dfd0b987f8e138a3ac98f850b1112e29b5fbdaecc87c3
 F ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-opfs-async-proxy.js f79dd8d98ef3e0b55c10bb2bee7a3840fa967318e1f577c156aafc34664271d1
 F ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-vfs-helper.js 4ad4faf02e1524bf0296be8452c00b5708dce6faf649468d0377e26a0b299263
 F ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-vfs-opfs.c-pp.js 29d6487a26b2fb6a471cde52c37ffee7c27ed6a91914b308c247e0706f454ffb
 F ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-wasi.h 25356084cfe0d40458a902afb465df8c21fc4152c1d0a59b563a3fba59a068f9
-F ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-wasm.c 69c2c1bf555dd25596137bf282d721657d5c49243061e0cb420375203107adcd
+F ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-wasm.c b0babf8435f31d21f28454fb81433aa538c68b23d0a4a251f0666fdec4e71f59
 F ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-worker1-promiser.js 0c7a9826dbf82a5ed4e4f7bf7816e825a52aff253afbf3350431f5773faf0e4b
 F ext/wasm/api/sqlite3-worker1.js 1e54ea3d540161bcfb2100368a2fc0cad871a207b8336afee1c445715851ec54
 F ext/wasm/batch-runner.html 4deeed44fe41496dc6898d9fb17938ea3291f40f4bfb977e29d0cef96fbbe4c8
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ F ext/wasm/c-pp.c 92285f7bce67ed7b7020b40fde8ed0982c442b63dc33df9dfd4b658d4a6c07
 F ext/wasm/common/SqliteTestUtil.js d8bf97ecb0705a2299765c8fc9e11b1a5ac7f10988bbf375a6558b7ca287067b
 F ext/wasm/common/emscripten.css 3d253a6fdb8983a2ac983855bfbdd4b6fa1ff267c28d69513dd6ef1f289ada3f
 F ext/wasm/common/testing.css 35889709547d89a6109ff83b25c11bbc91d8dd43aab8722e428655ca98880a06
-F ext/wasm/common/whwasmutil.js dbe625a22bf0962cde1f958f2be604d27d2f97ee1b4e6ee0f19c6480aa36aeed
+F ext/wasm/common/whwasmutil.js c1bc5715cd96728929cc31d788b16152ccbd6b2e111d2e88fbc9725247e67b4f
 F ext/wasm/demo-123-worker.html a0b58d9caef098a626a1a1db567076fca4245e8d60ba94557ede8684350a81ed
 F ext/wasm/demo-123.html 8c70a412ce386bd3796534257935eb1e3ea5c581e5d5aea0490b8232e570a508
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@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ F ext/wasm/test-opfs-vfs.html 1f2d672f3f3fce810dfd48a8d56914aba22e45c6834e262555
 F ext/wasm/test-opfs-vfs.js 44363db07b2a20e73b0eb1808de4400ca71b703af718d0fa6d962f15e73bf2ac
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 F ext/wasm/tester1.c-pp.html 74aa9b31c75f12490653f814b53c3dd39f40cd3f70d6a53a716f4e8587107399
-F ext/wasm/tester1.c-pp.js d25cea43933bf86590aab63038a6a0b6e7002ffba7e85d8df2720b7a69f85690
+F ext/wasm/tester1.c-pp.js 956acfd5675e61fa7c52a19e5b16603da61e753e309abe91284e3b1d39598840
 F ext/wasm/tests/opfs/concurrency/index.html 86d8ac435074d1e7007b91105f4897f368c165e8cecb6a9aa3d81f5cf5dcbe70
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-Z d0c7ece3afa4de468292a6daac64615d
+Z 23bb6930a31350fa896c81241f2934b6
 # Remove this line to create a well-formed Fossil manifest.
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index c125e07548..4e29a56c7f 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-ed1ed21221b048ac5a5275cdfc4d9b2a406acdc7d4b648c3b61bcc822d88d955
\ No newline at end of file
+d9807656f8a7c2a893d3f68ee5592f44826b8e999ae66f7d9000674b5c1b0207
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