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  <p>xmlmemory - interface for the memory allocator</p>
  <p>provides interfaces for the memory allocator, including debugging capabilities. </p>
  <p>Author(s): Daniel Veillard </p>
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    <h2>Synopsis</h2>
    <pre class="synopsis">#define <a href="#xmlRealloc">xmlRealloc</a>;

define <a href=“#xmlMalloc”>xmlMalloc</a>; define <a href=“#xmlMallocAtomic”>xmlMallocAtomic</a>; define <a href=“#DEBUG_MEMORY”>DEBUG_MEMORY</a>; define <a href=“#xmlMemStrdup”>xmlMemStrdup</a>; void * <a href=“#xmlMemRealloc”>xmlMemRealloc</a> (void * ptr, <br/> size_t size); int <a href=“#xmlInitMemory”>xmlInitMemory</a> (void); void <a href=“#xmlMemFree”>xmlMemFree</a> (void * ptr); void * <a href=“#xmlMemMalloc”>xmlMemMalloc</a> (size_t size); void <a href=“#xmlMemDisplayLast”>xmlMemDisplayLast</a> (FILE * fp, <br/> long nbBytes); int <a href=“#xmlMemGet”>xmlMemGet</a> (<a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlFreeFunc”>xmlFreeFunc</a> * freeFunc, <br/> <a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlMallocFunc”>xmlMallocFunc</a> * mallocFunc, <br/> <a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlReallocFunc”>xmlReallocFunc</a> * reallocFunc, <br/> <a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlStrdupFunc”>xmlStrdupFunc</a> * strdupFunc); void <a href=“#xmlMemoryDump”>xmlMemoryDump</a> (void); void * <a href=“#xmlMallocLoc”>xmlMallocLoc</a> (size_t size, <br/> const char * file, <br/> int line); void <a href=“#xmlMemDisplay”>xmlMemDisplay</a> (FILE * fp); int <a href=“#xmlMemBlocks”>xmlMemBlocks</a> (void); int <a href=“#xmlGcMemGet”>xmlGcMemGet</a> (<a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlFreeFunc”>xmlFreeFunc</a> * freeFunc, <br/> <a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlMallocFunc”>xmlMallocFunc</a> * mallocFunc, <br/> <a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlMallocFunc”>xmlMallocFunc</a> * mallocAtomicFunc, <br/> <a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlReallocFunc”>xmlReallocFunc</a> * reallocFunc, <br/> <a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlStrdupFunc”>xmlStrdupFunc</a> * strdupFunc); typedef char * <a href=“#xmlStrdupFunc”>xmlStrdupFunc</a> (const char * str); typedef void <a href=“#xmlFreeFunc”>xmlFreeFunc</a> (void * mem); void <a href=“#xmlMemShow”>xmlMemShow</a> (FILE * fp, <br/> int nr); void * <a href=“#xmlMallocAtomicLoc”>xmlMallocAtomicLoc</a> (size_t size, <br/> const char * file, <br/> int line); void * <a href=“#xmlReallocLoc”>xmlReallocLoc</a> (void * ptr, <br/> size_t size, <br/> const char * file, <br/> int line); void <a href=“#xmlCleanupMemory”>xmlCleanupMemory</a> (void); int <a href=“#xmlMemUsed”>xmlMemUsed</a> (void); int <a href=“#xmlMemSetup”>xmlMemSetup</a> (<a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlFreeFunc”>xmlFreeFunc</a> freeFunc, <br/> <a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlMallocFunc”>xmlMallocFunc</a> mallocFunc, <br/> <a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlReallocFunc”>xmlReallocFunc</a> reallocFunc, <br/> <a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlStrdupFunc”>xmlStrdupFunc</a> strdupFunc); typedef void * <a href=“#xmlReallocFunc”>xmlReallocFunc</a> (void * mem, <br/> size_t size); typedef void * <a href=“#xmlMallocFunc”>xmlMallocFunc</a> (size_t size); int <a href=“#xmlGcMemSetup”>xmlGcMemSetup</a> (<a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlFreeFunc”>xmlFreeFunc</a> freeFunc, <br/> <a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlMallocFunc”>xmlMallocFunc</a> mallocFunc, <br/> <a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlMallocFunc”>xmlMallocFunc</a> mallocAtomicFunc, <br/> <a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlReallocFunc”>xmlReallocFunc</a> reallocFunc, <br/> <a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlStrdupFunc”>xmlStrdupFunc</a> strdupFunc); char * <a href=“#xmlMemoryStrdup”>xmlMemoryStrdup</a> (const char * str); char * <a href=“#xmlMemStrdupLoc”>xmlMemStrdupLoc</a> (const char * str, <br/> const char * file, <br/> int line); </pre>

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    <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="DEBUG_MEMORY">Macro </a>DEBUG_MEMORY</h3><pre class="programlisting">#define <a href="#DEBUG_MEMORY">DEBUG_MEMORY</a>;

</pre><p><a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#DEBUG_MEMORY”>DEBUG_MEMORY</a> replaces the allocator with a collect and debug shell to the libc allocator. <a href=“libxml2-xmlmemory.html#DEBUG_MEMORY”>DEBUG_MEMORY</a> should only be activated when debugging libxml i.e. if libxml has been configured with –with-debug-mem too. define DEBUG_MEMORY_FREED define <a href=“libxml2-xmlversion.html#DEBUG_MEMORY_LOCATION”>DEBUG_MEMORY_LOCATION</a></p> </div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlFreeFunc"/>Function type xmlFreeFunc</h3><pre class="programlisting">void       xmlFreeFunc                     (void * mem)<br/>

</pre><p>Signature for a free() implementation.</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>mem:</span></td><td>an already allocated block of memory</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlMallocFunc"/>Function type xmlMallocFunc</h3><pre class="programlisting">void * xmlMallocFunc                   (size_t size)<br/>

</pre><p>Signature for a malloc() implementation.</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>size:</span></td><td>the size requested in bytes</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>Returns:</span></td><td>a pointer to the newly allocated block or NULL in case of error.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlReallocFunc"/>Function type xmlReallocFunc</h3><pre class="programlisting">void *       xmlReallocFunc                  (void * mem, <br/>                                       size_t size)<br/>

</pre><p>Signature for a realloc() implementation.</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>mem:</span></td><td>an already allocated block of memory</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>size:</span></td><td>the new size requested in bytes</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>Returns:</span></td><td>a pointer to the newly reallocated block or NULL in case of error.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlStrdupFunc"/>Function type xmlStrdupFunc</h3><pre class="programlisting">char * xmlStrdupFunc                   (const char * str)<br/>

</pre><p>Signature for an strdup() implementation.</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>str:</span></td><td>a zero terminated string</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>Returns:</span></td><td>the copy of the string or NULL in case of error.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlCleanupMemory"/>xmlCleanupMemory ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void        xmlCleanupMemory                (void)<br/>

</pre><p>Free up all the memory allocated by the library for its own use. This should not be called by user level code.</p> </div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlGcMemGet"/>xmlGcMemGet ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int   xmlGcMemGet                     (<a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlFreeFunc">xmlFreeFunc</a> * freeFunc, <br/>                                  <a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlMallocFunc">xmlMallocFunc</a> * mallocFunc, <br/>                                    <a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlMallocFunc">xmlMallocFunc</a> * mallocAtomicFunc, <br/>                                      <a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlReallocFunc">xmlReallocFunc</a> * reallocFunc, <br/>                                         <a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlStrdupFunc">xmlStrdupFunc</a> * strdupFunc)<br/>

</pre><p>Provides the memory access functions set currently in use The mallocAtomicFunc is specialized for atomic block allocations (i.e. of areas useful for garbage collected memory allocators</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>freeFunc:</span></td><td>place to save the free() function in use</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>mallocFunc:</span></td><td>place to save the malloc() function in use</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>mallocAtomicFunc:</span></td><td>place to save the atomic malloc() function in use</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>reallocFunc:</span></td><td>place to save the realloc() function in use</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>strdupFunc:</span></td><td>place to save the strdup() function in use</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>Returns:</span></td><td>0 on success</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlGcMemSetup"/>xmlGcMemSetup ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int       xmlGcMemSetup                   (<a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlFreeFunc">xmlFreeFunc</a> freeFunc, <br/>                                    <a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlMallocFunc">xmlMallocFunc</a> mallocFunc, <br/>                                      <a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlMallocFunc">xmlMallocFunc</a> mallocAtomicFunc, <br/>                                        <a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlReallocFunc">xmlReallocFunc</a> reallocFunc, <br/>                                   <a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlStrdupFunc">xmlStrdupFunc</a> strdupFunc)<br/>

</pre><p>Override the default memory access functions with a new set This has to be called before any other libxml routines ! The mallocAtomicFunc is specialized for atomic block allocations (i.e. of areas useful for garbage collected memory allocators Should this be blocked if there was already some allocations done ?</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>freeFunc:</span></td><td>the free() function to use</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>mallocFunc:</span></td><td>the malloc() function to use</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>mallocAtomicFunc:</span></td><td>the malloc() function to use for atomic allocations</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>reallocFunc:</span></td><td>the realloc() function to use</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>strdupFunc:</span></td><td>the strdup() function to use</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>Returns:</span></td><td>0 on success</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlInitMemory"/>xmlInitMemory ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int       xmlInitMemory                   (void)<br/>

</pre><p>Initialize the memory layer.</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>Returns:</span></td><td>0 on success</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlMallocAtomicLoc"/>xmlMallocAtomicLoc ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void *  xmlMallocAtomicLoc              (size_t size, <br/>                                      const char * file, <br/>                                        int line)<br/>

</pre><p>a malloc() equivalent, with logging of the allocation info.</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>size:</span></td><td>an unsigned int specifying the size in byte to allocate.</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>file:</span></td><td>the file name or NULL</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>line:</span></td><td>the line number</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>Returns:</span></td><td>a pointer to the allocated area or NULL in case of lack of memory.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlMallocLoc"/>xmlMallocLoc ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void *      xmlMallocLoc                    (size_t size, <br/>                                      const char * file, <br/>                                        int line)<br/>

</pre><p>a malloc() equivalent, with logging of the allocation info.</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>size:</span></td><td>an int specifying the size in byte to allocate.</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>file:</span></td><td>the file name or NULL</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>line:</span></td><td>the line number</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>Returns:</span></td><td>a pointer to the allocated area or NULL in case of lack of memory.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlMemBlocks"/>xmlMemBlocks ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int xmlMemBlocks                    (void)<br/>

</pre><p>Provides the number of memory areas currently allocated</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>Returns:</span></td><td>an int representing the number of blocks</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlMemDisplay"/>xmlMemDisplay ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void      xmlMemDisplay                   (FILE * fp)<br/>

</pre><p>show in-extenso the memory blocks allocated</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>fp:</span></td><td>a FILE descriptor used as the output file, if NULL, the result is written to the file .memorylist</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlMemDisplayLast"/>xmlMemDisplayLast ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void      xmlMemDisplayLast               (FILE * fp, <br/>                                        long nbBytes)<br/>

</pre><p>the last nbBytes of memory allocated and not freed, useful for dumping the memory left allocated between two places at runtime.</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>fp:</span></td><td>a FILE descriptor used as the output file, if NULL, the result is written to the file .memorylist</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>nbBytes:</span></td><td>the amount of memory to dump</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlMemFree"/>xmlMemFree ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void    xmlMemFree                      (void * ptr)<br/>

</pre><p>a free() equivalent, with error checking.</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>ptr:</span></td><td>the memory block pointer</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlMemGet"/>xmlMemGet ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int       xmlMemGet                       (<a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlFreeFunc">xmlFreeFunc</a> * freeFunc, <br/>                                  <a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlMallocFunc">xmlMallocFunc</a> * mallocFunc, <br/>                                    <a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlReallocFunc">xmlReallocFunc</a> * reallocFunc, <br/>                                         <a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlStrdupFunc">xmlStrdupFunc</a> * strdupFunc)<br/>

</pre><p>Provides the memory access functions set currently in use</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>freeFunc:</span></td><td>place to save the free() function in use</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>mallocFunc:</span></td><td>place to save the malloc() function in use</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>reallocFunc:</span></td><td>place to save the realloc() function in use</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>strdupFunc:</span></td><td>place to save the strdup() function in use</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>Returns:</span></td><td>0 on success</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlMemMalloc"/>xmlMemMalloc ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void *      xmlMemMalloc                    (size_t size)<br/>

</pre><p>a malloc() equivalent, with logging of the allocation info.</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>size:</span></td><td>an int specifying the size in byte to allocate.</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>Returns:</span></td><td>a pointer to the allocated area or NULL in case of lack of memory.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlMemRealloc"/>xmlMemRealloc ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void *    xmlMemRealloc                   (void * ptr, <br/>                                       size_t size)<br/>

</pre><p>a realloc() equivalent, with logging of the allocation info.</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>ptr:</span></td><td>the initial memory block pointer</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>size:</span></td><td>an int specifying the size in byte to allocate.</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>Returns:</span></td><td>a pointer to the allocated area or NULL in case of lack of memory.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlMemSetup"/>xmlMemSetup ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int   xmlMemSetup                     (<a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlFreeFunc">xmlFreeFunc</a> freeFunc, <br/>                                    <a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlMallocFunc">xmlMallocFunc</a> mallocFunc, <br/>                                      <a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlReallocFunc">xmlReallocFunc</a> reallocFunc, <br/>                                   <a href="libxml2-xmlmemory.html#xmlStrdupFunc">xmlStrdupFunc</a> strdupFunc)<br/>

</pre><p>Override the default memory access functions with a new set This has to be called before any other libxml routines ! Should this be blocked if there was already some allocations done ?</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>freeFunc:</span></td><td>the free() function to use</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>mallocFunc:</span></td><td>the malloc() function to use</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>reallocFunc:</span></td><td>the realloc() function to use</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>strdupFunc:</span></td><td>the strdup() function to use</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>Returns:</span></td><td>0 on success</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlMemShow"/>xmlMemShow ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void    xmlMemShow                      (FILE * fp, <br/>                                        int nr)<br/>

</pre><p>show a show display of the memory allocated, and dump the @nr last allocated areas which were not freed</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>fp:</span></td><td>a FILE descriptor used as the output file</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>nr:</span></td><td>number of entries to dump</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlMemStrdupLoc"/>xmlMemStrdupLoc ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">char *        xmlMemStrdupLoc                 (const char * str, <br/>                                         const char * file, <br/>                                        int line)<br/>

</pre><p>a strdup() equivalent, with logging of the allocation info.</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>str:</span></td><td>the initial string pointer</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>file:</span></td><td>the file name or NULL</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>line:</span></td><td>the line number</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>Returns:</span></td><td>a pointer to the new string or NULL if allocation error occurred.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlMemUsed"/>xmlMemUsed ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int     xmlMemUsed                      (void)<br/>

</pre><p>Provides the amount of memory currently allocated</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>Returns:</span></td><td>an int representing the amount of memory allocated.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlMemoryDump"/>xmlMemoryDump ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void      xmlMemoryDump                   (void)<br/>

</pre><p>Dump in-extenso the memory blocks allocated to the file .memorylist</p> </div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlMemoryStrdup"/>xmlMemoryStrdup ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">char *        xmlMemoryStrdup                 (const char * str)<br/>

</pre><p>a strdup() equivalent, with logging of the allocation info.</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>str:</span></td><td>the initial string pointer</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>Returns:</span></td><td>a pointer to the new string or NULL if allocation error occurred.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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<div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlReallocLoc"/>xmlReallocLoc ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void *    xmlReallocLoc                   (void * ptr, <br/>                                       size_t size, <br/>                                      const char * file, <br/>                                        int line)<br/>

</pre><p>a realloc() equivalent, with logging of the allocation info.</p> <div class=“variablelist”><table border=“0”><col align=“left”/><tbody><tr><td><span class=“term”>ptr:</span></td><td>the initial memory block pointer</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>size:</span></td><td>an int specifying the size in byte to allocate.</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>file:</span></td><td>the file name or NULL</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>line:</span></td><td>the line number</td></tr><tr><td><span class=“term”>Returns:</span></td><td>a pointer to the allocated area or NULL in case of lack of memory.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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