bson_malloc (3) Linux Manual Page
NAME
bson_malloc() – This is a portable malloc() wrapper.
SYNOPSIS
void *
bson_malloc(size_t num_bytes);
PARAMETERS
num_bytes- A size_t containing the number of bytes to allocate.
DESCRIPTION
This is a portable malloc(3) wrapper.
In general, this function will return an allocation at least sizeof(void*) bytes or bigger.
If there was a failure to allocate num_bytes bytes, the process will be aborted.
NOTE
- This function will abort on failure to allocate memory.
RETURNS
A pointer to a memory region which HAS NOT been zeroed.
COLOPHON
This page is part of libbson. Please report any bugs at https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER.