(This is the documentation for SDL3, which is the current stable version. SDL2 was the previous version!)

SDL_malloc

Allocate uninitialized memory.

Header File

Defined in <SDL3/SDL_stdinc.h>

Syntax

void * SDL_malloc(size_t size);

Function Parameters

size_t

size

the size to allocate.

Return Value

(void *) Returns a pointer to the allocated memory, or NULL if allocation failed.

Remarks

The allocated memory returned by this function must be freed with SDL_free().

If size is 0, it will be set to 1.

If you want to allocate memory aligned to a specific alignment, consider using SDL_aligned_alloc().

Thread Safety

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

Version

This function is available since SDL 3.1.3.

See Also

• SDL_free
• SDL_calloc
• SDL_realloc
• SDL_aligned_alloc

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CategoryAPI, CategoryAPIFunction, CategoryStdinc

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