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malloc_layer

- allocate a LAYER structure from a pool

SYNOPSIS

LAYER *malloc_layer ()

ARGUMENTS

None.

RETURNS

A pointer to a newly allocated LAYER, or NULL in case of allocation failure.

FUNCTION

The LAYER structure is taken from a pool of size LAYER_STOCK (see STOCK-variables). If all structures in the pool are used, a new pool is allocated using malloc_netlib. The LayerName field is set to a zero length string; the pointers FirstUnit, LastUnit, FirstMap and LastMap are set to NULL.

SEE ALSO

free_layer, malloc_net, malloc_map, malloc_unit, malloc_unit_value, malloc_link, malloc_weight, malloc_weight_value

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