NAME

Xpermalloc — allocate memory never to be freed. 

SYNOPSIS

char ∗Xpermalloc(size)
     unsigned int size;

ARGUMENTS

sizeSpecifies the size in bytes of the space to be allocated.  This specification is rounded to the nearest 4-byte boundary. 

RETURNS

A pointer to the allocated memory. 

DESCRIPTION

Xpermalloc() allocates some memory that will not be freed until the process exits.  Xperm­alloc is used by some toolkits for permanently allocated storage and allows some performance and space savings over the completely general memory allocator. 

Xlib Reference Manual