MEMORY(3T)        Image Format Library C++ Reference Manual         MEMORY(3T)



NAME
     _TIFFmalloc, _TIFFrealloc, _TIFFfree, _TIFFmemset, _TIFFmemcpy,
     _TIFFmemcmp, - memory management-related functions for use with TIFF
     files

SYNOPSIS
     #include <tiffio.h>
     tdatat TIFFmalloc(tsizet);
     tdatat TIFFrealloc(tdatat, tsizet);
     void TIFFfree(tdatat);
     void TIFFmemset(tdatat, int, tsizet);
     void TIFFmemcpy(tdatat, const tdatat, tsizet);
     int TIFFmemcmp(const tdatat, const tdatat, tsizet);

DESCRIPTION
     These routines are provided for writing portable software that uses
     libtiff; they hide any memory-management related issues, such as dealing
     with segmented architectures found on 16-bit machines.

     _TIFFmalloc and _TIFFrealloc are used to dynamically allocate and
     reallocate memory used by libtiff; such as memory passed into the I/O
     routines.  Memory allocated through these interfaces is released back to
     the system using the _TIFFfree routine.

     Memory allocated through one of the above interfaces can be set to a
     known value using _TIFFmemset, copied to another memory location using
     _TIFFmemcpy, or compared for equality using _TIFFmemcmp.  These routines
     conform to the equivalent ANSI C routines: memset, memcpy, and memcmp,
     repsectively.

DIAGNOSTICS
     None.

SEE ALSO
     libtiff(3T), malloc(3C), memory(3C)




















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