Return a newly allocated block of memory of the specified size bytes.

Synopses

Declared in <bslma_mallocfreeallocator.h>

Return a newly allocated block of memory of the specified size bytes.

virtual
void*
allocate(size_type size) override;

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[[nodiscard]]
void*
allocate(
    size_t __bytes,
    size_t __alignment = _S_max_align);

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Return Value

pointer to the allocated memory, or null if size is 0 or allocation fails

Parameters

Name

Description

size

number of bytes to allocate

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