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diff --git a/docs/nspr/reference/pr_malloc.rst b/docs/nspr/reference/pr_malloc.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d475ab6a4b --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/nspr/reference/pr_malloc.rst @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +PR_MALLOC +========= + +Allocates memory of a specified size from the heap. + + +Syntax +------ + +.. code:: + + #include <prmem.h> + + void * PR_MALLOC(_bytes); + + +Parameter +~~~~~~~~~ + +``_bytes`` + Size of the requested 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 ``malloc()``. + + +Description +----------- + +This macro allocates memory of the requested size from the heap. |