fdds_malloc8 - allocate memory

SYNOPSIS

#include <fdds.h> (fixed-format sources)
#include <f90dds.h> (free-format sources)

pointer fdds_malloc8(size)

real*8 size

DESCRIPTION

fdds_malloc8 allocates memory. If zero bytes are requested, then a NULL pointer is returned. The "real*8" argument is provided to allocate greater than 2 gigabytes of memory. NOTE THAT IT IS A REAL*8 ARGUMENT AND NOT AN INTEGER*8 ARGUMENT. The DDS memory routines allow for runtime memory checking. See standard man page for malloc(3).

The following DDS parameters are predefined for host-dependent Fortran values: 

SIZEOF_INTEGER
SIZEOF_INTEGER2
SIZEOF_REAL
SIZEOF_DOUBLE
SIZEOF_COMPLEX
SIZEOF_DBL_CPX

SEE ALSO

fdds_malloc Allocate memory
fdds_calloc Allocate memory
fdds_calloc8 Allocate memory
fdds_realloc Reallocate memory
fdds_realloc8 Reallocate memory
fdds_free Free memory
fdds_memuse Query allocated memory

EXAMPLE

      real*8 reals
      real buf(*)
      pointer(ptr_buf, buf)
      
      ptr_buf = fdds_malloc8(reals*SIZEOF_REAL)
      ...
      
      fdds_free(ptr_buf)

AUTHOR

Jerry Ehlers, EPTG (Oct 2006)