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Daniel Baumann 5e9a113729
Adding upstream version 140.0.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
2025-06-25 09:37:52 +02:00

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PR_NEW
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Allocates memory of a specified size from the heap.
Syntax
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.. code::
#include <prmem.h>
_type * PR_NEW(_struct);
Parameter
~~~~~~~~~
``_struct``
The name of a type.
Returns
~~~~~~~
An pointer to a buffer sized to contain the type ``_struct``, or if the
allocation attempt fails, ``NULL``. Call ``PR_GetError()`` to retrieve
the error returned by the libc function.
Description
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This macro allocates memory whose size is ``sizeof(_struct)`` and
returns a pointer to that memory.