BloombergLP::bslma::SequentialAllocator::allocateAndExpand

Return memory of at least the specified *size and at most maxNumBytes.

Synopsis

Declared in <bslma_sequentialallocator.h>

void*
allocateAndExpand(
    int* size,
    int maxNumBytes);

Description

Return memory of at least the specified *size and at most the specified maxNumBytes. Also return the actual amount of memory allocated in *size. If *size is 0, no memory is allocated and 0 is returned. The behavior is undefined unless 0 <= *size <= maxNumBytes.

Return Value

The address of the allocated memory block.

Parameters

NameDescription
sizeThe requested size (in/out); updated with the actual size.
maxNumBytesThe maximum number of bytes to allocate.