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authorroot <root>2007-11-27 19:41:52 +0000
committerroot <root>2007-11-27 19:41:52 +0000
commit40ea26d7fa3e9214a7da4bb1280515948e1a1568 (patch)
tree8a8eb247a9f5f13698028693da7822f1855911c4 /ev.pod
parent6800c1e86d28e4bc573747e6d327c770b2e00df4 (diff)
I ❤ µ-opts
Diffstat (limited to 'ev.pod')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/ev.pod b/ev.pod
index 5b0835d..dceb010 100644
--- a/ev.pod
+++ b/ev.pod
@@ -117,13 +117,13 @@ recommended ones.
See the description of C<ev_embed> watchers for more info.
-=item ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, long size))
+=item ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, size_t size))
-Sets the allocation function to use (the prototype is similar to the
-realloc C function, the semantics are identical). It is used to allocate
-and free memory (no surprises here). If it returns zero when memory
-needs to be allocated, the library might abort or take some potentially
-destructive action. The default is your system realloc function.
+Sets the allocation function to use (the prototype and semantics are
+identical to the realloc C function). It is used to allocate and free
+memory (no surprises here). If it returns zero when memory needs to be
+allocated, the library might abort or take some potentially destructive
+action. The default is your system realloc function.
You could override this function in high-availability programs to, say,
free some memory if it cannot allocate memory, to use a special allocator,
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Example: replace the libev allocator with one that waits a bit and then
retries: better than mine).
static void *
- persistent_realloc (void *ptr, long size)
+ persistent_realloc (void *ptr, size_t size)
{
for (;;)
{