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OTAllocMem

Allocates memory from the Open Transport memory pool.

C INTERFACE

void* OTAllocMem(size_t nbytes)

C++ INTERFACES

None. C++ applications use the C interface to this function.

PARAMETERS

nbytes

The amount (in bytes) of memory to allocate.

DESCRIPTION

The OTAllocMem function allocates raw memory from a pool that Open Transport has created for a client application. This function returns a pointer to the allocated memory that the OTFreeMem function uses when to deallocate
this memory.

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS

Do not make this call without having already called the OTEnterInterrupt function.

SEE ALSO

To free the memory you allocated with this function, use the OTFreeMem function (described next).