mcalloc.c

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/* @(#)root/clib:$Id: mcalloc.c 20882 2007-11-19 11:31:26Z rdm $ */
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#include <string.h>     /* Prototypes for memcpy, memmove, memset, etc */

#include "mmprivate.h"

/* Allocate an array of NMEMB elements each SIZE bytes long.
   The entire array is initialized to zeros.  */

PTR
mcalloc (md, nmemb, size)
  PTR md;
  register size_t nmemb;
  register size_t size;
{
  register PTR result;

  if ((result = mmalloc (md, nmemb * size)) != NULL)
    {
      memset (result, 0, nmemb * size);
    }
  return (result);
}

/* When using this package, provide a version of malloc/realloc/free built
   on top of it, so that if we use the default sbrk() region we will not
   collide with another malloc package trying to do the same thing, if
   the application contains any "hidden" calls to malloc/realloc/free (such
   as inside a system library). */

#ifndef NO_SBRK_MALLOC

PTR
calloc (nmemb, size)
  size_t nmemb;
  size_t size;
{
  return (mcalloc ((PTR) NULL, nmemb, size));
}

#endif

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