BSON_MALLOC(3)

NAME
bson_malloc()

SYNOPSIS
void *
bson_malloc (size_t num_bytes);

PARAMETERS

.B num_bytes
    A size_t containing the number of bytes to allocate.

DESCRIPTION
This is a portable malloc() 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 HASNOT been zeroed.

COLOPHON
This page is part of libbson. Please report any bugs at https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER.