alloca(3)              C LIBRARY FUNCTIONS              alloca(3)



NAME
     alloca - memory allocator

SYNOPSIS
     cc [ flag... ] file ...  -lucb
     #include <alloca.h>
     char *alloca(size)
     int size;

DESCRIPTION
     alloca allocates size bytes of space in the stack  frame  of
     the  caller,  and  returns a pointer to the allocated block.
     This temporary space is automatically freed when the  caller
     returns.  Note: if the allocated block is beyond the current
     stack limit, the resulting behavior is undefined.

SEE ALSO
     sigstack(3), sigvec(3).   csh(1)  in  the  User's  Reference
     Manual.
     ld(1), brk(2), getrlimit(2), calloc(3), and malloc(3) in the
     Programmer's Reference Manual.  Stephenson, C.J., Fast Fits,
     in Proceedings of the ACM 9th Symposium  on  Operating  Sys-
     tems,  SIGOPS  Operating  Systems  Review,  vol.  17, no. 5,
     October 1983.

     Core Wars, in Scientific American, May 1984.

NOTES
     alloca is machine-, compiler-,  and  most  of  all,  system-
     dependent.  Its use is strongly discouraged.

























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