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

