SDL_ALLOC_SIZE - Man Page

A macro to tag a function as returning a certain allocation.

Header File

Defined in SDL3/SDL_begin_code.h

Synopsis

#include "SDL3/SDL.h"

#define SDL_ALLOC_SIZE(p) __attribute__((alloc_size(p)))

Description

This is a hint to the compiler that a function allocates and returns a specific amount of memory based on one of its arguments. For example, the C runtime's malloc() function could use this macro with an argument of 1 (first argument to malloc is the size of the allocation).

On compilers without alloc_size support, this is defined to nothing.

Most apps don't need to, and should not, use this directly.

Availability

This macro is available since SDL 3.2.0.

Info

SDL 3.2.2 Simple Directmedia Layer SDL3 FUNCTIONS