TIFFmemory(3tiff)TIFFmemory(3tiff)NAME
TIFFmemory, _TIFFmalloc, _TIFFrealloc, _TIFFfree, _TIFFmemset,
_TIFFmemcpy, _TIFFmemcmp - memory-management-related functions for use
with TIFF files
SYNOPSIS
#include <tiffio.h>
tdata_t _TIFFmalloc(tsize_t);
tdata_t _TIFFrealloc(tdata_t, tsize_t);
void _TIFFfree(tdata_t);
void _TIFFmemset(tdata_t, int, tsize_t);
void _TIFFmemcpy(tdata_t, const tdata_t, tsize_t);
int _TIFFmemcmp(const tdata_t, const tdata_t, tsize_t);
These routines are provided for writing portable software that uses
libtiff. The routines 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 real‐
locate memory used by libtiff, such as memory passed into the I/O rou‐
tines.
Memory allocated through these interfaces is released back to the sys‐
tem 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 rou‐
tines: memset, memcpy, and memcmp, respectively.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌─────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │image/library/libtiff │
├─────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤
│Interface stability │Uncommitted │
└─────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘
libtiff(3), malloc(3C), memory(3C)
This man page was originally written by Sam Leffler. Updated by Breda
McColgan, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.
05 Apr 2004 TIFFmemory(3tiff)
