NAME¶

mbkalloc - mbk 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 "mut.h"
char ∗mbkalloc(bytes)
unsigned int bytes;

PARAMETER¶

bytes

Number of memory bytes to be contiguously allocated

DESCRIPTION¶

mbkalloc returns a block of bytes length, for any purpose. It is now a day just an encapsulation of the system malloc function, but may evolve to a special allocator in the future. Its use is strongly encouraged.

Remark :

a global variable, long mbkalloc_stat, updates the number of allocated bytes, and may be accessed by anyone to see the amount of allocated memory.

RETURN VALUE¶

mbkalloc returns a pointer to a bytes long block.

ERROR¶

"∗∗∗ mbk error ∗∗∗ mbkalloc impossible : not enough memory"

EXAMPLE¶

#include "mut.h"
char ∗dup_str(s);
{
char ∗t = (char ∗)mbkalloc(strlen(s) + (unsigned int)1);
	strcpy(t, s);
	return t;
}

SEE ALSO¶

mbk(1), mbkfree(3).

BUG REPORT¶

This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory.
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