ack/lang/m2/libm2/Storage.def

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DEFINITION MODULE Storage;
FROM SYSTEM IMPORT ADDRESS;
PROCEDURE ALLOCATE(VAR a : ADDRESS; size : CARDINAL);
(* Allocate an area of the given size and return the address
in "a". If no space is available, the calling program is
killed.
*)
PROCEDURE DEALLOCATE(VAR a : ADDRESS; size : CARDINAL);
(* Free the area at address "a" with the given size. The area
must have been allocated by "ALLOCATE", with the same size.
*)
PROCEDURE Available(size : CARDINAL) : BOOLEAN;
(* Return TRUE if an area with the given size could be allocated.
*)
END Storage.