allocate_buffer - allocate a buffer buffer allocate_buffer( int size ); This efun is only available if DISALLOW_BUFFER_TYPE is not compiled in. Allocate a buffer of 'size' elements. The number of elements must be >= 0 and not bigger than a system maximum (usually ~10000). All elements are initialized to 0. See also: bufferp, read_buffer, write_buffer Tim Hollebeek Beek@ZorkMUD, Lima Bean, IdeaExchange, and elsewhere