/* Lowest-level memory allocation interface */ #ifndef Py_PYMEM_H #define Py_PYMEM_H #include "pyport.h" #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif /* BEWARE: Each interface exports both functions and macros. Extension modules should normally use the functions for ensuring binary compatibility of the user's code across Python versions. Subsequently, if the Python runtime switches to its own malloc (different from standard malloc), no recompilation is required for the extensions. The macro versions are free to trade compatibility for speed, although there's no guarantee they're ever faster. Extensions shouldn't use the macro versions, as they don't gurantee binary compatibility across releases. Do not mix calls to PyMem_xyz with calls to platform malloc/realloc/calloc/free. */ /* * Raw memory interface * ==================== */ /* Functions */ /* Functions supplying platform-independent semantics for malloc/realloc/ free; useful if you need to be sure you're using the same memory allocator as Python (this can be especially important on Windows, if you need to make sure you're using the same MS malloc/free, and out of the same heap, as the main Python DLL uses). These functions make sure that allocating 0 bytes returns a distinct non-NULL pointer (whenever possible -- if we're flat out of memory, NULL may be returned), even if the platform malloc and realloc don't. Returned pointers must be checked for NULL explicitly. No action is performed on failure (no exception is set, no warning is printed, etc).` */ extern DL_IMPORT(void *) PyMem_Malloc(size_t); extern DL_IMPORT(void *) PyMem_Realloc(void *, size_t); extern DL_IMPORT(void) PyMem_Free(void *); /* Starting from Python 1.6, the wrappers Py_{Malloc,Realloc,Free} are no longer supported. They used to call PyErr_NoMemory() on failure. */ /* Macros. */ #ifdef PYMALLOC_DEBUG /* Redirect all memory operations to Python's debugging allocator. */ #define PyMem_MALLOC PyObject_MALLOC #define PyMem_REALLOC PyObject_REALLOC #define PyMem_FREE PyObject_FREE #else /* ! PYMALLOC_DEBUG */ #ifdef MALLOC_ZERO_RETURNS_NULL #define PyMem_MALLOC(n) malloc((n) ? (n) : 1) #else #define PyMem_MALLOC malloc #endif /* Caution: whether MALLOC_ZERO_RETURNS_NULL is #defined has nothing to do with whether platform realloc(non-NULL, 0) normally frees the memory or returns NULL. Rather than introduce yet another config variation, just make a realloc to 0 bytes act as if to 1 instead. */ #define PyMem_REALLOC(p, n) realloc((p), (n) ? (n) : 1) #define PyMem_FREE free #endif /* PYMALLOC_DEBUG */ /* * Type-oriented memory interface * ============================== * * These are carried along for historical reasons. There's rarely a good * reason to use them anymore. */ /* Functions */ #define PyMem_New(type, n) \ ( (type *) PyMem_Malloc((n) * sizeof(type)) ) #define PyMem_Resize(p, type, n) \ ( (p) = (type *) PyMem_Realloc((p), (n) * sizeof(type)) ) /* In order to avoid breaking old code mixing PyObject_{New, NEW} with PyMem_{Del, DEL} (there was no choice about this in 1.5.2), the latter have to be redirected to the object allocator. */ #define PyMem_Del PyObject_Free /* Macros */ #define PyMem_NEW(type, n) \ ( (type *) PyMem_MALLOC((n) * sizeof(type)) ) #define PyMem_RESIZE(p, type, n) \ ( (p) = (type *) PyMem_REALLOC((p), (n) * sizeof(type)) ) #define PyMem_DEL PyObject_FREE #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif /* !Py_PYMEM_H */