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<h3 class="section">3.2 Allocating Storage For Program Data</h3>

<p>This section covers how ordinary programs manage storage for their data,
including the famous <code>malloc</code> function and some fancier facilities
special the GNU C library and GNU Compiler.

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<li><a accesskey="1" href="Memory-Allocation-and-C.html#Memory-Allocation-and-C">Memory Allocation and C</a>:      How to get different kinds of allocation in C. 
<li><a accesskey="2" href="Unconstrained-Allocation.html#Unconstrained-Allocation">Unconstrained Allocation</a>:     The <code>malloc</code> facility allows fully general
		 		 dynamic allocation. 
<li><a accesskey="3" href="Allocation-Debugging.html#Allocation-Debugging">Allocation Debugging</a>:         Finding memory leaks and not freed memory. 
<li><a accesskey="4" href="Obstacks.html#Obstacks">Obstacks</a>:                     Obstacks are less general than malloc
				 but more efficient and convenient. 
<li><a accesskey="5" href="Variable-Size-Automatic.html#Variable-Size-Automatic">Variable Size Automatic</a>:      Allocation of variable-sized blocks
				 of automatic storage that are freed when the
				 calling function returns. 
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