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10<h1><CODE><a href="../../../nn/Overview.html">nn</a>::<a href="../../../nn/fnd/Overview.html">fnd</a>::<a href="../../../nn/fnd/FrameHeapTemplate/Overview.html">FrameHeapTemplate</a>::Allocate</CODE> Member Function</h1>
11<h2>Syntax</h2>
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14void * Allocate(
15     size_t size,
16     <a href="../../../nn_types/s32.html">s32</a> alignment = DEFAULT_ALIGNMENT
17);
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20<h2>Parameters</h2>
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26<th>Name</th>
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31<td>in</td>
32<th>size</th>
33<td>Specifies the size (in bytes) of the memory block to allocate.</td>
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36<td>in</td>
37<th>alignment</th>
38<td>Specifies the alignment. Specify one of the following values: 4, 8, 16, 32, -4, -8, -16, or -32.</td>
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41<h2>Return Values</h2>
42<div class="section">Returns the starting address of the allocated memory block. </div>
43<h2>Description</h2>
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45<p>Allocates memory from the frame heap.</p><p>Memory is allocated from the beginning of the heap when you specify a positive alignment, and from the end of the heap when you specify a negative alignment.</p><!-- write here --></div>
46<h2>Revision History</h2>
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49        <dt>2010/08/20</dt>
50<dd>Mentioned that you can use a positive or negative alignment to specify the direction to allocate from. Fixed typos.<br />
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52        <dt>2010/01/07</dt>
53<dd>Initial version.<br />
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