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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 17:32:43 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 17:32:43 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 1:115.7.0.upstream/1%115.7.0upstream
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diff --git a/docs/nspr/reference/pr_new.rst b/docs/nspr/reference/pr_new.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..0fd9973419 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/nspr/reference/pr_new.rst @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +PR_NEW +====== + +Allocates memory of a specified size from the heap. + + +Syntax +------ + +.. 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 +----------- + +This macro allocates memory whose size is ``sizeof(_struct)`` and +returns a pointer to that memory. |