Function

GLibtry_malloc0

since: 2.8

Declaration [src] 

gpointer
g_try_malloc0 (
  gsize n_bytes
)

Description [src]

Attempts to allocate n_bytes, initialized to 0’s, and returns NULL on failure. Contrast with g_malloc0(), which aborts the program on failure.

Available since: 2.8

Parameters

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.