1 /* calloc -- allocate memory which has been initialized to zero.
2 This function is in the public domain. */
6 @deftypefn Supplemental void* calloc (size_t @var{nelem}, size_t @var{elsize})
8 Uses @code{malloc} to allocate storage for @var{nelem} objects of
9 @var{elsize} bytes each, then zeros the memory.
18 /* For systems with larger pointers than ints, this must be declared. */
20 void bzero (PTR
, size_t);
23 calloc (size_t nelem
, size_t elsize
)
27 if (nelem
== 0 || elsize
== 0)
30 ptr
= malloc (nelem
* elsize
);
31 if (ptr
) bzero (ptr
, nelem
* elsize
);