MALLOC - dynamic storage allocation.

(ANSI Standard)

Usage:

#include <stdlib.h>
ptr = malloc( size );

Where:

size_t size;: tells the number of bytes of memory that should be obtained.
void *ptr;: points to the memory that has been obtained.

Description:

"malloc" returns a pointer to space starting at an alignment boundary suitable for storing an object of any type. This space is at least "size" bytes long.

Notes:

The UNIX version of "malloc" returns a NULL pointer if the desired amount of memory cannot be obtained. This doesn't happen with SS mode C -- if a program asks for more memory and is denied, the program is automatically aborted by TSS. Thus, in SS mode C, "malloc" never returns the NULL pointer.

MALLOC - dynamic storage allocation.

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