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recommended ones.</p> |
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<p>See the description of <code>ev_embed</code> watchers for more info.</p> |
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<dt>ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, size_t size))</dt> |
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<dt>ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, long size))</dt> |
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<p>Sets the allocation function to use (the prototype and semantics are |
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identical to the realloc C function). It is used to allocate and free |
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memory (no surprises here). If it returns zero when memory needs to be |
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allocated, the library might abort or take some potentially destructive |
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action. The default is your system realloc function.</p> |
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<p>Sets the allocation function to use (the prototype is similar - the |
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semantics is identical - to the realloc C function). It is used to |
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allocate and free memory (no surprises here). If it returns zero when |
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memory needs to be allocated, the library might abort or take some |
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potentially destructive action. The default is your system realloc |
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function.</p> |
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<p>You could override this function in high-availability programs to, say, |
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free some memory if it cannot allocate memory, to use a special allocator, |
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or even to sleep a while and retry until some memory is available.</p> |
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