bson_malloc()#

Synopsis#

void *
bson_malloc (size_t num_bytes);

Parameters#

  • num_bytes: A size_t containing the number of bytes to allocate.

Description#

This is a portable malloc() wrapper.

In general, this function will return an allocation at least sizeof(void*) bytes or bigger.

If there was a failure to allocate num_bytes bytes, the process will be aborted.

Warning

This function will abort on failure to allocate memory.

Returns#

A pointer to a memory region which HAS NOT been zeroed.