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PR MALLOC

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Allocates memory of a specified size from the heap.

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[edit] Syntax

#include <prmem.h>

void * PR_MALLOC(_bytes);

[edit] Parameter

_bytes
Size of the requested memory block.

[edit] 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().

[edit] Description

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