vchoi_fork

[svn-r23417] Fixes an issue (HDFFV-8159) where uninitialized memory was being read
during variable-length type conversion.  All variable-length type conversion
buffers are now initialized to contain 0s on allocation.

Tested on: jam(w/ fortran, C++, parallel, parallel fortran)
           ostrich

This is a very small change (basially changing malloc to calloc) and
is unlikely to cause issues on other platforms.