# Module alloc::allocator [−] [src]

🔬 This is a nightly-only experimental API. (`allocator_api` #32838)

the precise API and guarantees it provides may be tweaked slightly, especially to possibly take into account the types being stored to make room for a future tracing garbage collector

## Structs

CannotReallocInPlace | [ Experimental ] The `CannotReallocInPlace` error is used when `grow_in_place` or `shrink_in_place` were unable to reuse the given memory block for a requested layout.
Excess | [ Experimental ] Represents the combination of a starting address and a total capacity of the returned block.
Layout | [ Experimental ] Layout of a block of memory.

## Enums

AllocErr | [ Experimental ] The `AllocErr` error specifies whether an allocation failure is specifically due to resource exhaustion or if it is due to something wrong when combining the given input arguments with this allocator.

## Traits

Alloc | [ Experimental ] An implementation of `Alloc` can allocate, reallocate, and deallocate arbitrary blocks of data described via `Layout`.

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