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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 19:33:14 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 19:33:14 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 115.7.0esr.upstream/115.7.0esr
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diff --git a/docs/nspr/reference/pr_newzap.rst b/docs/nspr/reference/pr_newzap.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..55d77885b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/nspr/reference/pr_newzap.rst @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +PR_NEWZAP +========= + +Allocates and clears memory from the heap for an instance of a given +type. + + +Syntax +------ + +.. code:: + + #include <prmem.h> + + _type * PR_NEWZAP(_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``. The bytes in the buffer are all +initialized to 0. Call ``PR_GetError()`` to retrieve the error returned +by the libc function. + + +Description +----------- + +This macro allocates an instance of the specified type from the heap and +sets the content of that memory to zero. |