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authorMattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>2015-11-14 23:20:52 +0100
committerMattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>2015-11-14 23:20:52 +0100
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m doc mallocz
Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>
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diff --git a/src/malloc.c b/src/malloc.c
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--- a/src/malloc.c
+++ b/src/malloc.c
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ void* calloc(size_t elem_count, size_t elem_size)
/**
* Variant of `malloc` that conditionally clears the allocation with zeroes.
*
+ * `mallocz(size, clear)` is equivalent to
+ * both `(clear ? zalloc : malloc)(size)`
+ * and `(clear ? calloc(1, size) : malloc(size))`.
+ *
* This is a Plan 9 from Bell Labs extension.
*
* @param size The size of the allocation.