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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-04-20 13:50:04 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-04-20 13:50:04 +0000
commitba6b056376adedc82f4ac0f41b5eed2fa3f30c75 (patch)
treee5c095a3d4f9afb3b98cca651e27f12c8880ffbd /lib/libc/stdlib/alloca.3
parent51643f419480d5bdfbed4ef6c16cf20340d8a357 (diff)
Flesh out stdlib function man pages.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/stdlib/alloca.3')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/stdlib/alloca.311
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/alloca.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/alloca.3
index 56d52ebe1b6..e9e0b67ee32 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/alloca.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/alloca.3
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.\" $OpenBSD: alloca.3,v 1.7 1999/06/29 18:36:18 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: alloca.3,v 1.8 2000/04/20 13:50:01 aaron Exp $
.\"
.Dd May 2, 1991
.Dt ALLOCA 3
@@ -44,12 +44,10 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn alloca
-function
-allocates
+function allocates
.Fa size
bytes of space in the stack frame of the caller.
-This temporary space is automatically freed on
-return.
+This temporary space is automatically freed on return.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn alloca
@@ -63,8 +61,7 @@ function returns a pointer to the beginning of the allocated space.
.Sh BUGS
The
.Fn alloca
-function
-is machine dependent; its use is discouraged.
+function is machine dependent; its use is discouraged.
.\" .Sh HISTORY
.\" The
.\" .Fn alloca