PR_MALLOC
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Allocates memory of a specified size from the heap.


Syntax
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.. code::

   #include <prmem.h>

   void * PR_MALLOC(_bytes);


Parameter
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``_bytes``
   Size of the requested memory block.


Returns
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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
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This macro allocates memory of the requested size from the heap.