Function

GLibtry_malloc

Declaration

gpointer
g_try_malloc (
  gsize n_bytes
)

Description

Attempts to allocate n_bytes, and returns NULL on failure. Contrast with g_malloc(), which aborts the program on failure.

Parameters

`n_bytes`	`gsize`
	Number of bytes to allocate.

Return value

Returns:	`gpointer`
	The allocated memory, or `NULL`.