autallocblock

Langue: en

Version: October 1, 1997 (fedora - 06/07/09)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

NAME

autallocblock - memory allocator
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SYNOPSYS

 #include "aut101.h"
 char *autallocblock( Size )
    unsigned int Size;
 

PARAMETERS

Size
Number of memory bytes to be contiguously allocated

DESCRIPTION

autallocblock returns a block of Size bytes length. The memory block is set to zero.

RETURN VALUE

autallocblock returns a pointer to a Size bytes long block.

ERRORS

"autalloc: alloc error, can't continue !"
System break can't be moved anymore, no more memory can be retrieved from the system.

EXAMPLE

 #include "aut101.h"
 char *dup_str(s)
   char * s;
 {
   char *t = (char *)autalocblock(strlen(s) + (unsigned int)1);
   strcpy(t, s); return t;
 }
 

SEE ALSO

aut(1), autresizeblock(3), autallocheap(3), autfreeblock(3), autfreeheap(3).
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