NAME

autallocblock - memory allocator

See the file man1/alc_origin.1.

SYNOPSIS

#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 !"

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).

See the file man1/alc_bug_report.1.