bson_malloc()

Synopsis

void *
bson_malloc (size_t num_bytes);

Parameters

  • num_bytes: A size_t containing the number of bytes to allocate.

Description

This is a portable malloc() wrapper.

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.

Returns

A pointer to a memory region which HAS NOT been zeroed.