alloca
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NAME
alloca - memory allocator
SYNOPSIS
#include <stdlib.h>
void *alloca( size_t size);
DESCRIPTION
The alloca function allocates size bytes of space in the
stack frame of the caller. This temporary space is auto-
matically freed on return.
RETURN VALUES
The alloca function returns a pointer to the beginning of
the allocated space. If the allocation failed, a NULL
pointer is returned.
HISTORY
There is evidence that the alloca function appears in 32v,
pwb, pwb.2, 3bsd, and 4bsd. There is a man page for it in
BSD 4.3. Linux uses the GNU version.
BUGS
The alloca function is machine dependent.
SEE ALSO
brk(2), pagesize(2), calloc(3), malloc(3), realloc(3)
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