Function

GLibslice_alloc0

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`	`gsize`
	The number of bytes to allocate.

Return value

Returns:	`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`.