.. _slice_init:

slice_init
==========
.. code-block:: bl

    slice_init :: fn (_v: Any, n: s64, loc: ) 

Allocate heap memory for `n` elements in `_v` slice. Allocated block is set to
zero default value. Allocated memory must be released by :ref:`slice_terminate` call.

This way of memory allocation cause some overhead compared to plain `alloc` due to 
conversion to `Any` and more 'generic' behaviour, also setting to 0 have some 
runtime cost. Consider use of :ref:`alloc` instead in performance-critical cases.

Example
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.. literalinclude:: /examples/docs/008.bl
   :language: bl



*Declared in: memory.bl*