Issue #21233: Add new C functions: PyMem_RawCalloc(), PyMem_Calloc(),

PyObject_Calloc(), _PyObject_GC_Calloc(). bytes(int) and bytearray(int) are now
using ``calloc()`` instead of ``malloc()`` for large objects which is faster
and use less memory (until the bytearray buffer is filled with data).

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Include/pymem.h b/Include/pymem.h
index 2372b864a1..7a8dd43fa8 100644
--- a/Include/pymem.h
+++ b/Include/pymem.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
 PyAPI_FUNC(void *) PyMem_RawMalloc(size_t size);
+PyAPI_FUNC(void *) PyMem_RawCalloc(size_t nelem, size_t elsize);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void *) PyMem_RawRealloc(void *ptr, size_t new_size);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyMem_RawFree(void *ptr);
 #endif
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyMem_RawFree(void *ptr);
 */
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(void *) PyMem_Malloc(size_t size);
+PyAPI_FUNC(void *) PyMem_Calloc(size_t nelem, size_t elsize);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void *) PyMem_Realloc(void *ptr, size_t new_size);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyMem_Free(void *ptr);
 
@@ -132,6 +134,9 @@ typedef struct {
     /* allocate a memory block */
     void* (*malloc) (void *ctx, size_t size);
 
+    /* allocate a memory block initialized by zeros */
+    void* (*calloc) (void *ctx, size_t nelem, size_t elsize);
+
     /* allocate or resize a memory block */
     void* (*realloc) (void *ctx, void *ptr, size_t new_size);