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PR_MALLOC
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Allocates memory of a specified size from the heap.
Syntax
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.. code::
#include <prmem.h>
void * PR_MALLOC(_bytes);
Parameter
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``_bytes``
Size of the requested memory block.
Returns
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An untyped pointer to the allocated memory, or if the allocation attempt
fails, ``NULL``. Call ``PR_GetError()`` to retrieve the error returned
by the libc function ``malloc()``.
Description
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This macro allocates memory of the requested size from the heap.