PFE 0.33.70

generated
(C) Guido U. Draheim
guidod@gmx.de

Memory-Alloc

extension

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ALLOCATE( size# -- alloc*! 0 | 0 errno#! ) [ANS]  => "[ANS] FORTH"

Allocate a chunk of memory from the system heap. use FREE to release the memory area back to the system. A code of zero means success.

primitive code = [p4_allocate]

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FREE( alloc* -- errno# ) [ANS]  => "[ANS] FORTH"

Free the memory from ALLOCATE A code of zero means success.

primitive code = [p4_free]

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RESIZE( alloc* newsize# -- alloc*' errno# ) [ANS]  => "[ANS] FORTH"

Resize the system memory chunk. A code of zero means success. Our implementation returns the old pointer on failure.

primitive code = [p4_resize]