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malloc

malloc


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  malloc 
 
  {C}'s  standard  library  routine  for  storage  allocation.  It 
  takes  the  number  of  bytes  required  and  returns  a  pointer  to  a 
  block  of  that  size.  Storage  is  allocated  from  a  heap  which 
  lies  after  the  end  of  the  program  and  data  areas.  Memory 
  allocated  with  malloc  must  be  freed  explicitly  using  the 
  free"  routine  before  it  can  be  re-used. 
 
  {gc}  is  a  storage  allocator  with  {garbage  collection}  that  is 
  intended  to  be  used  as  a  plug-in  replacement  for  malloc.