1995-01-12 22:23:21 +00:00
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This is a complete set of memory allocation functions (malloc and
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friends) from the Computer Systems Research Institute at U of Toronto.
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1995-01-12 22:23:21 +00:00
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The allocator is small, fast and space-efficient.
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It performs coalescing on frees.
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It has hooks for profiling, tracing and memory leak detection.
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It has very comprehensive and paranoid errorchecking as a compile
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time option, enough to detect most forms of heap corruption.
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Optionally, it attempts to be compatible with the proposed ANSI C
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Standard definition for the standard library functions malloc(),
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calloc(), realloc() and free(). By default, it is more or less
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compatible with existing Unix malloc() functions - some
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differences do exist. (Notably free(), cfree() returning void,
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realloc() not accepting a freed block)
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