alloc

Thomas Lumley thomas@biostat.washington.edu
Wed, 21 Jan 1998 21:25:36 -0800 (PST)


On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Paul Gilbert wrote:

> ...
> Is there any advantage to calling R_alloc rather than S_alloc? 

R_alloc does not zero the memory, and so is faster (if you don't want the
memory zeroed)


Thomas Lumley
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