libiberty/bzero.c

   1 /* Portable version of bzero for systems without it.
   2    This function is in the public domain.  */
   3
   4 /*
   5 NAME
   6         bzero -- zero the contents of a specified memory region
   7
   8 SYNOPSIS
   9         void bzero (char *to, int count)
  10
  11 DESCRIPTION
  12         Zero COUNT bytes of memory pointed to by TO.
  13
  14 BUGS
  15         Significant speed enhancements may be made in some environments
  16         by zeroing more than a single byte at a time, or by unrolling the
  17         loop.
  18
  19 */
  20
  21
  22 void
  23 bzero (to, count)
  24   char *to;
  25   int count;
  26 {
  27   while (count-- > 0)
  28     {
  29       *to++ = 0;
  30     }
  31 }