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diff --git a/doc/Alloc.3 b/doc/Alloc.3 index ffb01ad..e016a6d 100644 --- a/doc/Alloc.3 +++ b/doc/Alloc.3 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Alloc.3,v 1.7 2002/07/01 18:24:38 jenglish Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Alloc.3,v 1.8 2002/10/09 09:38:38 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH Tcl_Alloc 3 7.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" @@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ sizes. The returned location may be different from \fIptr\fR. function to \fBTcl_Alloc\fR and \fBTcl_Realloc\fR, except that \fBTcl_AttemptAlloc\fR and \fBTcl_AttemptRealloc\fR will not cause the Tcl interpreter to \fBpanic\fR if the memory allocation fails. If the -allocation fails, these functions will return NULL. +allocation fails, these functions will return NULL. Note that on some +platforms, attempting to allocate a block of memory will also cause +these functions to return NULL. .PP The procedures \fBckalloc\fR, \fBckfree\fR, \fBckrealloc\fR, \fBattemptckalloc\fR, and \fBattemptckrealloc\fR are implemented |