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Return a newly allocated block of memory of (at least) the specified positive `size` (in bytes). If `size` is 0, a null pointer is returned with no other effect. If this allocator cannot return the requested number of bytes, then it will throw a `std::bad_alloc` exception in an exception‐enabled build, or else will abort the program in a non‐exception build. Note that the alignment of the address returned conforms to the platform requirement for any object of size `size` and is also guaranteed to be at least the alignment passed to the constructor.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlma_aligningallocator.h>`

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