.\"allocate a buffer .TH allocate_buffer 3 "5 Sep 1994" MudOS "LPC Library Functions" .SH NAME allocate_buffer() - allocate a buffer .SH SYNOPSIS buffer allocate_buffer( int size ); .SH DESCRIPTION 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. .SH SEE ALSO bufferp(3), read_buffer(3), write_buffer(3), sizeof(3), to_int(3) .SH AUTHOR Truilkan