bson_malloc0()

Synopsis

void *
bson_malloc0 (size_t num_bytes);

Parameters

• num_bytes: A size_t.

Description

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.