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Reserve memory for a node at the specified `level`.

== Synopsis

Declared in `<bdlcc_skiplist.h>`

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static
void*
allocate(
    xref:BloombergLP/bdlcc/SkipList_PoolUtil/PoolManager.adoc[PoolManager]* poolManager,
    int level);
----

== Description

Reserve sufficient space for a node at the specified `level` from the specified `poolManager`, and return the address of the reserved memory.

== Return Value

address of the reserved memory

== Parameters

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|===
| Name| Description
| *poolManager*
| pool from which to allocate
| *level*
| skip‐list level of the node to allocate
|===


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