bson_realloc()

Synopsis

void *
bson_realloc (void *mem, size_t num_bytes);

Parameters

• mem: A memory region.

• num_bytes: A size_t containing the new requested size.

Description

This is a portable realloc() wrapper.

In general, this function will return an allocation at least sizeof(void*) bytes or bigger. If num_bytes is 0, then the allocation will be freed.

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 NOT been zeroed.