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Diffstat (limited to 'ev.pod')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
@@ -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 (;;) { |