bson_malloc0(3)

bson_malloc03

Usage

void *
bson_malloc0 (size_t num_bytes);

Parameters

•

num_bytes: A size_t.

Overview

This is a portable malloc() wrapper that also sets the memory to zero. Similar to calloc().

In general, this function will return an allocation at least sizeof(void*) bytes or bigger.

If there was a failure to allocate num_bytes bytes, the process will be aborted.

WARNING:

This function will abort on failure to allocate memory.

Returns

A pointer to a memory region which HAS been zeroed.

Releases

5 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 9
  2. 10
  3. 11
  4. 12
  5. 13

Author

MongoDB, Inc

From libbson-doc 1.30.4-1+deb13u3 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.