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diff --git a/docs/nspr/reference/pr_realloc.rst b/docs/nspr/reference/pr_realloc.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..011b389086 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/nspr/reference/pr_realloc.rst @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ + +PR_Realloc +========== + +Resizes allocated memory on the heap. + + +Syntax +------ + +.. code:: + + #include <prmem.h> + + void *PR_Realloc ( + void *ptr, + PRUint32 size); + + +Parameters +~~~~~~~~~~ + +``ptr`` + A pointer to the existing memory block being resized. +``size`` + The size of the new memory block. + + +Returns +~~~~~~~ + +An untyped pointer to the allocated memory, or if the allocation attempt +fails, ``NULL``. Call ``PR_GetError()`` to retrieve the error returned +by the libc function ``realloc()``. + + +Description +~~~~~~~~~~~ + +This function attempts to enlarge or shrink the memory block addressed +by ptr to a new size. The contents of the specified memory remains the +same up to the smaller of its old size and new size, although the new +memory block's address can be different from the original address. |