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Diffstat (limited to 'ev.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | ev.3 | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
@@ -242,13 +242,13 @@ 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, long size))" 4 -.IX Item "ev_set_allocator (void *(*cb)(void *ptr, long 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. +.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. .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, @@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ retries: better than mine). .Sp .Vb 6 \& static void * -\& persistent_realloc (void *ptr, long size) +\& persistent_realloc (void *ptr, size_t size) \& { \& for (;;) \& { |