PetscMemzero

Zeros the specified memory.

Synopsis

#include "petsc.h"   
int PetscMemzero(void *a,int n)
Not Collective

Input Parameters

a - pointer to beginning memory location
n - length (in bytes) of memory to initialize

Compile Option

PETSC_PREFER_BZERO - on certain machines (the IBM RS6000) the bzero() routine happens to be faster than the memset() routine. This flag causes the bzero() routine to be used.

Keywords

Petsc, zero, initialize, memory

See Also

PetscMemcpy()

Level:intermediate
Location:src/sys/src/utils/memc.c
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