The Microsoft Input/Output Stream Classes (iostream.hlp) (Table of Contents; Topic list)
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streambuf::allocate
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  protected: int allocate();
 
  Remarks
 
  Calls the virtual function doallocate to set up a reserve area. If a
  reserve area already exists or if the streambuf object is unbuffered,
  allocate returns 0. If the space allocation fails, allocate returns
  EOF.
 
  See Also
 
  streambuf::doallocate, streambuf::unbuffered
 
 
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