Ramkumar Ramachandra wrote:
> Add a memory pool library implemented using cpp macros.
Hmm, like talloc[1]. How do they compare?
[...]
> + * pre : Prefix for generated functions (ex: string_).
> + * obj_t : Type for treap data structure (ex: char).
> + * intial_capacity : The initial size of the memory pool (ex: 4096).
> + *
> + */
> +#define obj_pool_gen(pre, obj_t, initial_capacity) \
> +static struct { \
> + uint32_t size; \
> + uint32_t capacity; \
> + obj_t *base; \
> +} pre##_pool = { 0, 0, NULL}; \
> +static uint32_t pre##_alloc(uint32_t count) \
[...]
This makes functions with names like string_alloc(), which would then
be un-greppable. It might be nice (though certainly not necessary) to
provide an overview in Documentation/technical/ so there is no need to
find the definition of each function.
Jonathan
[1] http://ccan.ozlabs.org/info/talloc.html
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