ALLOCA
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NAME
alloca
- memory allocator
SYNOPSIS
Fd #include <stdlib.h>
Ft void *
Fn alloca size_t size
DESCRIPTION
The
Fn alloca
function
allocates
Fa size
bytes of space in the stack frame of the caller.
This temporary space is automatically freed on
return.
RETURN VALUES
The
Fn alloca
function returns a pointer to the beginning of the allocated space.
If the allocation failed, a
NULL
pointer is returned.
SEE ALSO
brk(2),
pagesize(2)
calloc(3),
malloc(3),
realloc(3),
BUGS
The
Fn alloca
function
is machine dependent; its use is discouraged.
Index
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- SYNOPSIS
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- DESCRIPTION
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- RETURN VALUES
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- SEE ALSO
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- BUGS
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