NAME¶

autallocheap - heap 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 *autallocheap( Size )


   unsigned int Size;

PARAMETERS¶

Size

Number of memory bytes to be contiguously allocated

DESCRIPTION¶

autallocheap returns a block of Size bytes length, allocated on the heap. The memory block is set to zero. Its use is strongly encouraged when the Size is very small.

RETURN VALUE¶

autallocheap returns a pointer to a Size bytes long block.

ERRORS¶

"autalloc: alloc error, can't continue !"

EXAMPLE¶

#include "aut101.h"
typedef struct bipointer
{


  struct bipointer ∗NEXT;


  void             ∗DATA; 
} bipointer;
bipointer ∗addbipointer( Data );


  void ∗Data;
{


  bipointer ∗Bp = (bipointer ∗)autallocheap( sizeof( bipointer ) );


  Bp->DATA = Data; return Bp;
}

SEE ALSO¶

aut(1), autresizeblock(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.