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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. | |
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| 11 | .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. | |
| 12 | .\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software | |
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| 14 | .\" This product includes software developed by the University of | |
| 15 | .\" California, Berkeley and its contributors. | |
| 16 | .\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors | |
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| 20 | .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND | |
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| 31 | .\" | |
| 32 | .\" @(#)alloca.3 5.1 (Berkeley) 5/2/91 | |
| 33 | .\" | |
| 34 | .Dd May 2, 1991 | |
| 35 | .Dt ALLOCA 3 | |
| 36 | .Os BSD 4 | |
| 37 | .Sh NAME | |
| 38 | .Nm alloca | |
| 39 | .Nd memory allocator | |
| 40 | .Sh SYNOPSIS | |
| 41 | .Fd #include <stdlib.h> | |
| 42 | .Ft void * | |
| 43 | .Fn alloca "size_t size" | |
| 44 | .Sh DESCRIPTION | |
| 45 | The | |
| 46 | .Fn alloca | |
| 47 | function | |
| 48 | allocates | |
| 49 | .Fa size | |
| 50 | bytes of space in the stack frame of the caller. | |
| 51 | This temporary space is automatically freed on | |
| 52 | return. | |
| 53 | .Sh RETURN VALUES | |
| 54 | The | |
| 55 | .Fn alloca | |
| 56 | function returns a pointer to the beginning of the allocated space. | |
| 57 | If the allocation failed, a | |
| 58 | .Dv NULL | |
| 59 | pointer is returned. | |
| 60 | .Sh SEE ALSO | |
| 61 | .Xr brk 2 , | |
| 62 | .Xr pagesize 2 | |
| 63 | .Xr calloc 3 , | |
| 64 | .Xr malloc 3 , | |
| 65 | .Xr realloc 3 , | |
| 66 | .Sh BUGS | |
| 67 | The | |
| 68 | .Fn alloca | |
| 69 | function | |
| 70 | is machine dependent; its use is discouraged. | |
| 71 | .\" .Sh HISTORY | |
| 72 | .\" The | |
| 73 | .\" .Fn alloca | |
| 74 | .\" function appeared in | |
| 75 | .\" .Bx ?? . | |
| 76 | .\" The function appeared in 32v, pwb and pwb.2 and in 3bsd 4bsd | |
| 77 | .\" The first man page (or link to a man page that I can find at the | |
| 78 | .\" moment is 4.3... |