debian man page for autallocblock

Query: autallocblock

OS: debian

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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)
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