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Name

autallocheap - heap memory allocator

Origin

This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD system from the CAO-VLSI team at ASIM/LIP6/UPMC laboratory.
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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 !" System break can't be moved anymore, no more memory can be retrieved from the system.

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

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