RE: C-function returns *NULL when executing malloc

The first statement within this procedure calls the procedure malloc to
allocate storage and to get a pointer on this storage.

After memset is used to initialize this storage.

It is a best practice to allocate the memory in the calling
program/function, not in the called. Allocation of memory within a called
function (or especially a called program) leads to this type of error.

My guess is that the program is exiting with *INLR on, or that the pointer
is not allocated as *STATIC, but that is just a symptom of a greater
(design) problem.

Dennis Lovelady
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