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class method

Fiddle.malloc

Fiddle.malloc(size)

static VALUE
rb_fiddle_malloc(VALUE self, VALUE size)
{
    void *ptr;
    ptr = (void*)ruby_xcalloc(1, NUM2SIZET(size));
    return PTR2NUM(ptr);
}

Allocate size bytes of memory and return the integer memory address for the allocated memory.

See also .last_error= .realloc .last_error .win32_last_error also in 3.4 · 3.3 · 3.2 · 3.1