ack/modules/src/alloc/clear.c

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1987-01-05 14:44:25 +00:00
/* clear - clear a block of memory, and try to do it fast.
*/
#include <assert.h>
#include "in_all.h"
/* instead of Calloc: */
EXPORT
clear(ptr, n)
register char *ptr;
register int n;
{
register long *q = (long *) ptr;
assert((long)q % sizeof (long) == 0);
while (n >= sizeof (long)) {
/* high-speed clear loop */
*q++ = 0;
n -= sizeof (long);
}
ptr = (char *) q;
while (n--) *ptr++ = '\0';
}