Manpages - ne_malloc.3

ne_malloc, ne_calloc, ne_realloc, ne_strdup, ne_strndup, ne_oom_callback - memory allocation wrappers

  #include <ne_alloc.h>

void *ne_malloc(size_t */size/);*

void *ne_calloc(size_t */size/);*

void *ne_realloc(void **/size/, size_t len);*

char *ne_strdup(const char **/s/);*

char *ne_strndup(const char **/s/, size_t size);*

void ne_oom_callback(void (**/callback/)(void));*

The functions ne_malloc, ne_calloc, ne_realloc, ne_strdup and ne_strdnup provide wrappers for the equivalent functions in the standard C library. The wrappers provide the extra guarantee that if the C library equivalent returns NULL when no memory is available, an optional callback will be called, and the library will then call *abort*().

ne_oom_callback registers a callback which will be invoked if an out of memory error is detected.

If the operating system uses optimistic memory allocation, the C library memory allocation routines will not return NULL, so it is not possible to gracefully handle memory allocation failures.

Joe Orton <neon@lists.manyfish.co.uk>

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