astMalloc

Allocate memory

Description:

This function allocates memory in a similar manner to the standard C " malloc" function, but with improved security (against memory leaks, etc.) and with error reporting. It also allows zero-sized memory allocation (without error), resulting in a NULL returned pointer value.

Synopsis

void astMalloc( size_t size )

Parameters:

size
The size of the memory region required (may be zero).

Returned Value

astMalloc()
If successful, the function returns a pointer to the start of the allocated memory region. If the size allocated is zero, this will be a NULL pointer.

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