Function

GLibmemdup2

since: 2.68

Declaration [src] 

gpointer
g_memdup2 (
  gconstpointer mem,
  gsize byte_size
)

Description [src]

Allocates byte_size bytes of memory, and copies byte_size bytes into it from mem. If mem is NULL it returns NULL.

This replaces g_memdup(), which was prone to integer overflows when converting the argument from a gsize to a guint.

Available since: 2.68

Parameters

mem

Type: gconstpointer

The memory to copy.

The argument can be NULL.
The data is owned by the caller of the function.
byte_size

Type: gsize

The number of bytes to copy.

Return value

Type: gpointer

A pointer to the newly-allocated copy of the memory.

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