Summary
The Alloc function allocates a block of memory of a particular size.
static void* Alloc( size_t aSize );
Parameters
- aSize
- [in] Specifies the size in bytes of the block of memory to allocate.
Return Values
This function is Infallible, therefore guaranteed to return a pointer to the newly allocated buffer. The result must be freed with a call to nsMemory::Free() when it is no longer needed.
Note: Prior to Gecko 13.0, this function returned nsnull if memory allocation failed.