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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-21 11:44:51 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-21 11:44:51 +0000 |
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diff --git a/docs/nspr/reference/pr_calloc.rst b/docs/nspr/reference/pr_calloc.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b36a89d9b4 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/nspr/reference/pr_calloc.rst @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +PR_Calloc +========= + +Allocates zeroed memory from the heap for a number of objects of a given +size. + + +Syntax +------ + +.. code:: + + #include <prmem.h> + + void *PR_Calloc ( + PRUint32 nelem, + PRUint32 elsize); + + +Parameters +~~~~~~~~~~ + +``nelem`` + The number of elements of size ``elsize`` to be allocated. +``elsize`` + The size of an individual element. + + +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 ``malloc()``. + + +Description +----------- + +This function allocates memory on the heap for the specified number of +objects of the specified size. All bytes in the allocated memory are +cleared. |