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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.
Notes:
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