	SUBROUTINE GET_WS_DYNMEM( i8_rqst_size, ws, status )

*  This software was developed by the Thermal Modeling and Analysis
*  Project(TMAP) of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
*  Administration''s (NOAA) Pacific Marine Environmental Lab(PMEL),
*  hereafter referred to as NOAA/PMEL/TMAP.
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*
* allocate the requested amount of dynamic memory (using c or python malloc)
* malloc is done in c (or python), but has to call back into F90 to set pointer
* the hierarchy of calls is as follows
*   get_ws_dynmem.F ==> get_ws_mem.c ==> store_ws_ptr.F

* programmer - steve hankin
* V702 *sh*  1/17 trac enhancement ticket #2369 - dynamic memory

        IMPLICIT NONE
        include 'tmap_dims.parm'
	include 'errmsg.parm'
	include	'ferret.parm'
	include 'xvariables.cmn'
	include 'xprog_state.cmn'

* calling argument declarations:
	INTEGER	ws, status
	INTEGER*8 i8_rqst_size

* internal variable declarations:
	INTEGER	mr_del, num_slen
	CHARACTER  LEFINT8*20, num_str*20

* Check for unspecified limits on abstract axis
	IF ( i8_rqst_size .EQ. 99999999 ) GOTO 5100

* allocate the dynamic memory
 200	CALL GET_WS_MEM(ws, i8_rqst_size, status)
        IF (status .NE. ferr_ok) GOTO 5300

* bookkeeping
        ws_size(ws) = i8_rqst_size
	RETURN

***********************
* error exits
 5000	RETURN
 5100	num_str = LEFINT8(i8_rqst_size,num_slen)
	CALL ERRMSG( ferr_dim_underspec, status,
     .    num_str(:num_slen)//' words were requested. ', *5110)
 5110	CALL WARN('Check for unspecified limits on an ABSTRACT axis')
	CALL WARN('Use the SHOW GRID command to see the axes')
	GOTO 5000

 5300	num_str = LEFINT8(i8_rqst_size,num_slen)
	CALL ERRMSG( ferr_insuff_memory,status,
     .	  num_str(:num_slen)//' words were requested. ', *5310)
 5310	CALL WARN('The system is refusing to supply this much memory')
        GOTO 5000

	END

