another question. does alloc<>() zero out th...

# kotlin-native

[mikehearn]

another question. does alloc<>() zero out the allocated memory or not?

[r4zzz4k]

AFAICT, it should. (It was a bit surprising to find out that Kotlin's internal malloc actually uses calloc under the hood :)
`nativeHeap.alloc()`:
https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native/blob/master/Interop/Runtime/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/cinterop/Utils.kt#L34
`nativeMemUtils.alloc()`:
https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native/blob/master/Interop/Runtime/src/native/kotlin/kotlinx/cinterop/NativeMem.kt#L103
`Kotlin_interop_malloc`:
https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native/blob/master/runtime/src/main/cpp/Natives.cpp#L55

[olonho]

Yes, alloc return 0-inited values