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== Synopsis

Declared in `<bslma_bslallocator.h>`

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[[nodiscard]]
xref:bsl/allocator-015/pointer.adoc[pointer]
allocate(
    xref:bsl/allocator-015/size_type.adoc[size_type] n,
    void const* hint = 0);
----

== Return Value

[NOTE]
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The return value https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/nodiscard[should not be discarded^].
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