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From: randy@m2xenix.UUCP (Randy Bush)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: NEW/DISPOSE ALLOCATE/DEALLOCATE
Message-ID: <460@m2xenix.UUCP>
Date: 18 Dec 89 06:16:45 GMT
References: <"89-12-11-21:03:38.02*UK4H"@DKAUNI2.BITNET>
Reply-To: randy@m2xenix.UUCP (Randy Bush)
Organization: Pacific Systems Group, Portland Oregon US
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In article <"89-12-11-21:03:38.02*UK4H"@DKAUNI2.BITNET> you write:
>Instead you have to write
>  ALLOCATE(x,SIZE(x^));
>  DEALLOCATE(x,SIZE(x^));

As x^ does not exist when the parameter is evaluated, maybe it would be
better to say

VAR x : POINTER TO xType;
...
  ALLOCATE ( x, xType )

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