pub unsafe extern "C" fn ruby_xmalloc(size: size_t) -> *mut c_voidExpand description
Allocates a storage instance. It is largely the same as system malloc(), except:
- It raises Ruby exceptions instead of returning NULL, and
- In case of
ENOMEMit tries to GC to make some room.
§@param[in] size Requested amount of memory.
@exception rb_eNoMemError No space left for size bytes allocation.
@return A valid pointer to an allocated storage instance; which has at
least size bytes width, with appropriate alignment detected by
the underlying malloc() routine.
@note It doesn’t return NULL.
@note Unlike some malloc() implementations, it allocates something and
returns a meaningful value even when size is equal to zero.
@warning The return value shall be invalidated exactly once by either
ruby_xfree(), ruby_xrealloc(), or ruby_xrealloc2(). It is a
failure to pass it to system free(), because the system and Ruby
might or might not share the same malloc() implementation.
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