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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 (PRUint32 size);

[edit] Parameter

size
Size in bytes of memory to be allocated.

[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 function allocates memory of the requested size from the heap.