NAME

       bson_malloc0()  -  This  is  a  portable  malloc()  wrapper that also sets the memory to zero. Similar to
       calloc().

SYNOPSIS

       void *
       bson_malloc0 (size_t num_bytes);

PARAMETERS

       num_bytes
              A size_t.

DESCRIPTION

       This is a portable malloc(3) wrapper that also sets the memory to zero. Similar to calloc(3) \&.

       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.

       NOTE
              This function will abort on failure to allocate memory.

RETURNS

       A pointer to a memory region which HAS been zeroed.

COLOPHON

       This page is part of libbson.  Please report any bugs at https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER.

libbson                                            2016‐01‐18                                    BSON_MALLOC0(3)