allocate_buffer - allocate a buffer

buffer allocate_buffer( int size );

This efun is only available if DISALLOW_BUFFER_TYPE is not compiled in.

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.

See also: bufferp , read_buffer , write_buffer