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This section covers how ordinary programs manage storage for their data,
including the famous malloc function and some fancier facilities
special to the GNU C Library and GNU Compiler.
| • Memory Allocation and C: | How to get different kinds of allocation in C. | |
| • The GNU Allocator: | An overview of the GNU malloc
implementation.
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| • Unconstrained Allocation: | The malloc facility allows fully general
dynamic allocation.
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| • Allocation Debugging: | Finding memory leaks and not freed memory. | |
| • Replacing malloc: | Using your own malloc-style allocator.
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| • Obstacks: | Obstacks are less general than malloc but more efficient and convenient. | |
| • Variable Size Automatic: | Allocation of variable-sized blocks of automatic storage that are freed when the calling function returns. |