<HEAD> <TITLE> allocate_buffer - allocate a buffer </TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BACKGROUND=http://www.imaginary.com/~beek/gifs/bg.jpg TEXT=#000000 ALINK=#FFFF00 VLINK=#550000 LINK=#000099> <center> <H1> allocate_buffer - allocate a buffer </H1> </center> <p> <b> buffer allocate_buffer( int size ); </b> <p> This efun is only available if DISALLOW_BUFFER_TYPE is not compiled in. <p> Allocate a buffer of 'size' elements. The number of elements must be >= 0 and not bigger than a system maximum (usually ~10000). All elements are initialized to 0. <p> See also: <A HREF=bufferp.html> bufferp </A>, <A HREF=read_buffer.html> read_buffer </A>, <A HREF=write_buffer.html> write_buffer </A> <p> <HR> <ADDRESS> <A HREF=http://wagner.princeton.edu/~tim> Tim Hollebeek </A> <p> <A HREF="http://www.imaginary.com/~beek/"> Beek </A>@ZorkMUD, Lima Bean, IdeaExchange, TMI-2, and elsewhere </ADDRESS> <p>