Function

GLibtry_realloc

Declaration 

gpointer
g_try_realloc (
  gpointer mem,
  gsize n_bytes
)

Description

Attempts to realloc mem to a new size, n_bytes, and returns NULL on failure. Contrast with g_realloc(), which aborts the program on failure.

If mem is NULL, behaves the same as g_try_malloc().

Parameters

mem

Type: gpointer

Previously-allocated memory, or NULL.

The argument can be NULL.
The data is owned by the caller of the function.
n_bytes

Type: gsize

Number of bytes to allocate.

Return value

Type: gpointer

The allocated memory, or NULL.

The data is owned by the called function.
The return value can be NULL.