cta_mem.h File Reference

Memory management routines. These routines are equivalent to standard C routines but allows us to do additional checking and debugging. More...

#include <stdlib.h>
#include "cta_system.h"

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Functions
CTAEXPORT void	CTA_Free (void *ptr)
	Free memory that has been allocated with CTA_Malloc or CTA_Realloc.
CTAEXPORT void *	CTA_Malloc (size_t size)
	Allocates size bytes of memory and returns a pointer to the allocated memory.
CTAEXPORT void *	CTA_Realloc (void *ptr, size_t size)
	Changes the size of the allocated memory block pointed by ptr Values in ptr are copied to returned memoy block.

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Detailed Description

Memory management routines. These routines are equivalent to standard C routines but allows us to do additional checking and debugging.

Definition in file cta_mem.h.

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Function Documentation

CTAEXPORT void CTA_Free

(

void *

ptr

)

Free memory that has been allocated with CTA_Malloc or CTA_Realloc.

Parameters:

ptr

I pointer to memory block to deallocate

CTAEXPORT void* CTA_Malloc

(

size_t

size

)

Allocates size bytes of memory and returns a pointer to the allocated memory.

Parameters:

size

I number of bytes to allocate

Returns:

pointer to allocated memory. NULL is returned when allocation fails

CTAEXPORT void* CTA_Realloc	(	void *	ptr,
		size_t	size
	)

Changes the size of the allocated memory block pointed by ptr Values in ptr are copied to returned memoy block.

Parameters:

	size	I pointer to memoryblock of which the size is changed
	size	I number of bytes of returned memory block

Returns:

pointer to allocated memory. NULL is returned when allocation fails