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Diffstat (limited to 'ev.3')
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@@ -307,13 +307,14 @@ might be supported on the current system, you would need to look at recommended ones. .Sp See the description of \f(CW\*(C`ev_embed\*(C'\fR watchers for more info. -.IP "ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, size_t size))" 4 -.IX Item "ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, size_t size))" -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. +.IP "ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, long size))" 4 +.IX Item "ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, long size))" +Sets the allocation function to use (the prototype is similar \- the +semantics is 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. .Sp You could override this function in high-availability programs to, say, free some memory if it cannot allocate memory, to use a special allocator, |