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Return a newly allocated block of memory of the specified positive `size` (in bytes). If `size` is 0, a null pointer is returned with no other other effect. Otherwise, invoke the `allocate` method of the allocator supplied at construction and record the returned block in order to be able to report leaked blocks upon destruction.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<balst_stacktracetestallocator.h>`

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virtual
void*
allocate(xref:BloombergLP/bslma/Allocator/size_type.adoc[size_type] size) override;
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