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MEMORY MANAGEMENT IN BLENDER (guardedalloc)
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NOTE: This file does not cover memutil and smart pointers and rerefence counted
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garbage collection, which are contained in the memutil module.
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Blender takes care of dynamic memory allocation using a set of own functions
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which are recognizeable through their MEM_ prefix. All memory allocation and
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deallocation in blender is done through these functions.
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The following functions are available through MEM_guardedalloc.h:
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void *MEM_[mc]allocN(unsigned int len, char * str);
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- nearest ANSI counterpart: malloc()
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- str must be a static string describing the memory block (used for debugging
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memory management problems)
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- returns a memory block of length len
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- MEM_callocN clears the memory block to 0
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void *MEM_dupallocN(void *vmemh);
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- nearest ANSI counterpart: combination malloc() and memcpy()
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- returns a pointer to a copy of the given memory area
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short MEM_freeN(void *vmemh);
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- nearest ANSI counterpart: free()
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- frees the memory area given by the pointer
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- returns 0 on success and !=0 on error
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int MEM_allocN_len(void *vmemh);
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- nearest ANSI counterpart: none known
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- returns the length of the given memory area
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void MEM_set_error_stream(FILE*);
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- this sets the file the memory manager should use to output debugging messages
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- if the parameter is NULL the messages are suppressed
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- default is that messages are suppressed
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void MEM_printmemlist(void);
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- if err_stream is set by MEM_set_error_stream() this function dumps a list of all
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currently allocated memory blocks with length and name to the stream
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int MEM_check_memory_integrity(void);
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- this function tests if the internal structures of the memory manager are intact
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- returns 0 on success and !=0 on error