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.

See Also

PetscMemcpy()

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