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Return a contiguous block of memory of the specified `size` (in bytes).

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlma_buffermanager.h>`

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void*
allocateRaw(xref:BloombergLP/bsls/Types/size_type.adoc[bsls::Types::size_type] size);
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== Description

Return the address of a contiguous block of memory of the specified `size` (in bytes) according to the alignment strategy specified at construction. The behavior is undefined unless the allocation request does not exceed the remaining free memory space in the external buffer, `0 < size`, and this object is currently managing a buffer.

== Return Value

address of a contiguous block of `size` bytes

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *size*
| number of bytes to allocate
|===


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