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AUTALLOCBLOCK(3) AUT FUNCTIONS AUTALLOCBLOCK(3)

NAME

autallocblock - memory allocator

ORIGIN

This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Université Pierre et Marie CURIE, in Paris, France.

Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/
E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr

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).

BUG REPORT

This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory.
We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.

October 1, 1997 ASIM/LIP6