4 * Allocated string storage module.
6 * 31-Oct-1997 by John Hartman
15 * Allocate space for "str", copy str into new space
16 * Return a pointer to the allocated name, or NULL if out of memory
18 char *StoreString( char *str )
20 /* To avoid wasting memory headers on small allocations, we
21 / allocate a big chunk and parcel it out as required.
22 / These static variables remember our hunk
24 #define STR_STORE_HUNK 2000
25 static char *pNextFree = NULL;
26 static int bytesLeft = 0;
31 length = strlen( str ) + 1; /* what we need, including null */
33 if (length > bytesLeft)
35 /* no space. Allocate a new hunk. We lose the pointer to any
36 / old hunk. We don't care, as the names are never deleted.
38 pNextFree = (char*)new( STR_STORE_HUNK );
39 bytesLeft = STR_STORE_HUNK;
42 /* Copy the name and terminating null into the name store */
43 pStoredString = pNextFree;
44 memcpy( pStoredString, str, length );