Function

GLibslice_alloc0

since: 2.10

Declaration

gpointer
g_slice_alloc0 (
  gsize block_size
)

Description

Allocates a block of memory via g_slice_alloc() and initializes the returned memory to 0. Note that the underlying slice allocation mechanism can be changed with the [G_SLICE=always-malloc][G_SLICE] environment variable.

Available since: 2.10

Parameters

block_size

Type: gsize

The number of bytes to allocate.

Return value

Type: gpointer

A pointer to the allocated block, which will be NULL if and only if mem_size is 0

The data is owned by the called function.

The return value can be NULL.