Function

Vipsmalloc

Declaration [src] 

void*
vips_malloc (
  VipsObject* object,
  size_t size
)

Description [src]

G_malloc() local to object, that is, the memory will be automatically freed for you when the object is closed. If object is NULL, you need to free the memory explicitly with g_free().

This function cannot fail. See vips_tracked_malloc() if you are allocating large amounts of memory.

See also: vips_tracked_malloc().

Parameters

object VipsObject
 

Allocate memory local to this VipsObject, or NULL.
 The argument can be NULL.
 The data is owned by the caller of the function.
size size_t
 

Number of bytes to allocate.

Return value

Returns: void*
 

A pointer to the allocated memory.
 The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
 The return value can be NULL.