+ <para>A unevaluated type of foreign object to allocate.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>size</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>An optional size parameter. If specified, allocates and returns an
+array of <parameter>type</parameter> that is <parameter>size</parameter> members long.