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.

::: seealso 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:	`gpointer`
	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`.