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3.2 Allocating Storage For Program Data

This section covers how ordinary programs manage storage for their data, including the famous malloc function and some fancier facilities special the GNU C library and GNU Compiler.

3.2.1 Memory Allocation in C Programs    How to get different kinds of allocation in C.

3.2.2 Unconstrained Allocation    The malloc facility allows fully general dynamic allocation.

3.2.3 Allocation Debugging    Finding memory leaks and not freed memory.

3.2.4 Obstacks    Obstacks are less general than malloc but more efficient and convenient.

3.2.5 Automatic Storage with Variable Size    Allocation of variable-sized blocks of automatic storage that are freed when the calling function returns.

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3.2.1 Memory Allocation in C Programs		How to get different kinds of allocation in C.
3.2.2 Unconstrained Allocation		The `malloc` facility allows fully general dynamic allocation.
3.2.3 Allocation Debugging		Finding memory leaks and not freed memory.
3.2.4 Obstacks		Obstacks are less general than malloc but more efficient and convenient.
3.2.5 Automatic Storage with Variable Size		Allocation of variable-sized blocks of automatic storage that are freed when the calling function returns.