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Allocate enough (properly aligned) space for the specified `n` objects of (template parameter) `TYPE` by calling `allocate` on the mechanism object. The optionally specified `hint` argument is ignored by this test allocator type. The behavior is undefined unless `n <= max_size()`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslma_stdtestallocator.h>`

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xref:BloombergLP/bslma/StdTestAllocator/pointer.adoc[StdTestAllocator<TYPE>::pointer]
allocate(
    xref:BloombergLP/bslma/StdTestAllocator/size_type.adoc[size_type] n,
    void const* hint = 0);
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