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Diffstat (limited to 'handy.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | handy.h | 22 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -534,17 +534,22 @@ C<id> is an integer id between 0 and 1299 (used to identify leaks). =head1 Memory Management -=for apidoc Am|void|New|int id|void* ptr|int nitems|type +=for apidoc Am|void|Newx|void* ptr|int nitems|type The XSUB-writer's interface to the C C<malloc> function. -=for apidoc Am|void|Newc|int id|void* ptr|int nitems|type|cast +=for apidoc Am|void|Newxc|void* ptr|int nitems|type|cast The XSUB-writer's interface to the C C<malloc> function, with cast. -=for apidoc Am|void|Newz|int id|void* ptr|int nitems|type +=for apidoc Am|void|Newxz|void* ptr|int nitems|type The XSUB-writer's interface to the C C<malloc> function. The allocated memory is zeroed with C<memzero>. +In 5.9.3, we removed the 1st parameter, a debug aid, from the api. It +was used to uniquely identify each usage of these allocation +functions, but was deemed unnecessary with the availability of better +memory tracking tools, valgrind for example. + =for apidoc Am|void|Renew|void* ptr|int nitems|type The XSUB-writer's interface to the C C<realloc> function. @@ -618,10 +623,15 @@ hopefully catches attempts to access uninitialized memory. #endif -#define New(x,v,n,t) (v = (MEM_WRAP_CHECK_(n,t) (t*)safemalloc((MEM_SIZE)((n)*sizeof(t))))) -#define Newc(x,v,n,t,c) (v = (MEM_WRAP_CHECK_(n,t) (c*)safemalloc((MEM_SIZE)((n)*sizeof(t))))) -#define Newz(x,v,n,t) (v = (MEM_WRAP_CHECK_(n,t) (t*)safemalloc((MEM_SIZE)((n)*sizeof(t))))), \ +#define Newx(v,n,t) (v = (MEM_WRAP_CHECK_(n,t) (t*)safemalloc((MEM_SIZE)((n)*sizeof(t))))) +#define Newxc(v,n,t,c) (v = (MEM_WRAP_CHECK_(n,t) (c*)safemalloc((MEM_SIZE)((n)*sizeof(t))))) +#define Newxz(v,n,t) (v = (MEM_WRAP_CHECK_(n,t) (t*)safemalloc((MEM_SIZE)((n)*sizeof(t))))), \ memzero((char*)(v), (n)*sizeof(t)) +/* pre 5.9.x compatibility */ +#define New(x,v,n,t) Newx(v,n,t) +#define Newc(x,v,n,t,c) Newxc(v,n,t,c) +#define Newc(x,v,n,t,c) Newxc(v,n,t,c) + #define Renew(v,n,t) \ (v = (MEM_WRAP_CHECK_(n,t) (t*)saferealloc((Malloc_t)(v),(MEM_SIZE)((n)*sizeof(t))))) #define Renewc(v,n,t,c) \ |