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diff --git a/doc/gawktexi.in b/doc/gawktexi.in index e4c91645..7d60a2c7 100644 --- a/doc/gawktexi.in +++ b/doc/gawktexi.in @@ -31992,8 +31992,8 @@ to use its version of @code{free()} when the memory came from an unrelated version of @code{malloc()}, unexpected behavior would likely result. -Two convenience macros may be used for allocating storage -from @code{gawk_malloc()} and +Three convenience macros may be used for allocating storage +from @code{gawk_malloc()}, @code{gawk_calloc}, and @code{gawk_realloc()}. If the allocation fails, they cause @command{gawk} to exit with a fatal error message. They should be used as if they were procedure calls that do not return a value: @@ -32032,6 +32032,12 @@ strcpy(message, greet); make_malloced_string(message, strlen(message), & result); @end example +@item #define ezalloc(pointer, type, size, message) @dots{} +This is like @code{emalloc()}, but it calls @code{gawk_calloc()} +instead of @code{gawk_malloc()}. +The arguments are the same as for the @code{emalloc()} macro, but this +macro guarantees that the memory returned is initialized to zero. + @item #define erealloc(pointer, type, size, message) @dots{} This is like @code{emalloc()}, but it calls @code{gawk_realloc()} instead of @code{gawk_malloc()}. |