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ALLOCA (3) | C library functions | Unix Manual Pages | :man▋
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)
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