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Function `rt.lifetime._d_allocmemory`

Allocate memory using the garbage collector


						
				extern(C) void* _d_allocmemory
				(
				

				  ulong sz
				

				);

DMD uses this to allocate closures:

void f(byte[24] x)
{
    return () => x; // `x` is on stack, must be moved to heap to keep it alive
}

Parameters

Name	Description
sz	number of bytes to allocate

Returns

pointer to sz bytes of free, uninitialized memory, managed by the GC.

Authors

Walter Bright, Sean Kelly, Steven Schveighoffer

License

Distributed under the Boost Software License 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE)