DataBlade API Programmer's Manual
Chapter 12: DataBlade API Function Descriptions
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mi_zalloc()
The
mi_zalloc()
function allocates and zero-fills a block of memory of the given size and returns a pointer to a block of memory of the specified size.
Syntax
void *mi_zalloc (
size
)
mi_integer size;
size
is the number of bytes to allocate and fill with zeroes.
Valid in Client Application?
Valid in Server Routine?
Yes
Yes
Usage
The
mi_zalloc()
function behaves exactly like
mi_alloc()
except that
mi_zalloc()
fills the allocated block of memory with zeroes before the function returns the pointer to the memory.
Return Values
On success, returns a pointer to the newly allocated memory. On failure, returns
NULL
.
Related Topics
For additional information, see the descriptions of the following functions:
mi_alloc()
and
mi_dalloc()
.
DataBlade API Programmer's Manual
, version 9.1
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