Arguments

 

word-integer-length-value

   OpenVMS usage:word_unsigned
   type:         word (unsigned)
   access:       read only
   mechanism:    by value

   Number of bytes to be allocated. The word-integer-length-value
   argument contains the number of bytes. The amount of storage
   allocated is automatically rounded up. If the number of bytes is
   zero, a small number of bytes is allocated.
 

dynamic-descriptor

   OpenVMS usage:quadword_unsigned
   type:         quadword (unsigned)
   access:       modify
   mechanism:    by reference

   Dynamic string descriptor to which the area is to be allocated.
   The dyn-str argument is the address of the dynamic string
   descriptor. The CLASS field is not checked but it is set to
   dynamic (CLASS = 2). The LENGTH field is set to word-integer-
   length-value and the POINTER field is set to the string area
   allocated (first byte beyond the header).