[#BloombergLP-bslstl-SimplePool-allocate] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/bslstl.adoc[bslstl]::xref:BloombergLP/bslstl/SimplePool.adoc[SimplePool]::allocate :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Return the address of a block of memory of at least the size of `VALUE`. Note that the memory is _not_ initialized. == Synopsis Declared in `<bslstl_simplepool.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- VALUE* allocate(); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#