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.TH "BSON_MALLOC0" "3" "Jun 04, 2021" "1.17.6" "libbson"
.SH NAME
bson_malloc0 \- bson_malloc0()
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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void *
bson_malloc0 (size_t num_bytes);
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.SH PARAMETERS
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\fBnum_bytes\fP: A size_t.
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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This is a portable \fBmalloc()\fP wrapper that also sets the memory to zero. Similar to \fBcalloc()\fP\&.
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In general, this function will return an allocation at least \fBsizeof(void*)\fP bytes or bigger.
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If there was a failure to allocate \fBnum_bytes\fP bytes, the process will be aborted.
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\fBWARNING:\fP
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This function will abort on failure to allocate memory.
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.SH RETURNS
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A pointer to a memory region which \fIHAS\fP been zeroed.
.SH AUTHOR
MongoDB, Inc
.SH COPYRIGHT
2017-present, MongoDB, Inc
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