AUTALLOCBLOCK(3)						   AUT FUNCTIONS						  AUTALLOCBLOCK(3)

NAME

       autallocblock - memory allocator

ORIGIN

       This  software  belongs	to  the  ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite 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 !"
	      System break can't be moved anymore, no more memory can be retrieved from the system.

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.

ASIM
/LIP6							  October 1, 1997						  AUTALLOCBLOCK(3)