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Allocate size bytes from this arena. Returns pointer on success, or 0 if memory is full or the application tried to allocate 0 bytes.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<support/lockedpool.h>`

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void*
alloc(size_t size);
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== Return Value

Pointer to the allocated memory, or nullptr on failure.

== Parameters

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| Name| Description
| *size*
| Number of bytes to allocate.
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