m_mem.h File Reference

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Detailed Description

Memory management routines. Some prototypes are copied from glib, but we don't link to glib in case a user doesn't want to have to link to glib in their program.

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Functions
void *	m_try_malloc (size_t size)
	Attempd to allocate size bytes, and return NULL on failure. Does not initialize the memory.
void *	m_try_malloc0 (size_t size)
	Attempt to allocate size bytes, initialized to 0's, and return NULL on failure.
void *	m_try_realloc (void *ptr, size_t size)
	reallocate memory, the new memory is uninitialized.
void	m_free (void *ptr)
	Free the memory referenced by ptr. If ptr is NULL, no operation is performed.

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Function Documentation

void* m_try_malloc

(

size_t

size

)

Attempd to allocate size bytes, and return NULL on failure. Does not initialize the memory.

Parameters:

size

number of bytes to allocate

Returns:

the allocated memory, or NULL

void* m_try_malloc0

(

size_t

size

)

Attempt to allocate size bytes, initialized to 0's, and return NULL on failure.

Parameters:

size

number of bytes to allocate

Returns:

the allocated memory, or NULL

void m_free

(

void *

ptr

)

Free the memory referenced by ptr. If ptr is NULL, no operation is performed.

Parameters:

ptr

pointer to memory

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