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 !"

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.