.\"allocate a buffer .DT allocate_buffer $MUDNAME$ driver help allocate_buffer .SH Name .SI 5 allocate_buffer() - allocate a buffer .EI .SH Synopsis .SI 5 buffer allocate_buffer( int size ); .EI .SH Description .SP 5 5 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. .EP .SH See also .SI 5 bufferp(), read_buffer(), write_buffer(), sizeof(), to_int() .EI