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Name

autallocblock - memory allocator

Origin

This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD system from the CAO-VLSI team at ASIM/LIP6/UPMC laboratory.
LIP6/ASIM
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E-mail support : alliance-support@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/LIP6/UPMC laboratory, cao-vlsi research team.
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