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AUTRESIZEBLOCK(3) AUT FUNCTIONS AUTRESIZEBLOCK(3)

NAME

autresizeblock - resizes a memory block

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 ∗autresize( Source, OldSize, NewSize )
   char         ∗Source;
   unsigned int OldSize;
   unsigned int NewSize;

PARAMETERS

Source
Pointer to the memory block to be resized.
OldSize
Old size of the memory block.
NewSize
New size of the memory block.

DESCRIPTION

autresizeblock resizes a memory block from OldSize to NewSize. if NewSize is greater than OldSize then the new bytes are set to zero.

RETURN VALUE

autresizeblock returns the pointer to the resized block.

ERRORS

"autresize: resize 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 ∗concatstring( t, s )
        char ∗ t;
        char ∗ s;
     {
        t = (char ∗)autresizeblock( t, strlen(t)+1, strlen(t)+strlen(s)+1);
        strcat(t, s);
        return t;
     }

SEE ALSO

aut(1), autallocheap(3), autallocblock(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