NAME alloca - memory allocator CONTENTS Library Synopsis Description Return Values See Also History Bugs LIBRARY .Lb libc SYNOPSIS .In 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 automatically 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. SEE ALSO brk(2), calloc(3), getpagesize(3), malloc(3), realloc(3) HISTORY BUGS
