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NAME

6       libtalloc_tutorial - The Tutorial
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Introduction

10       Talloc is a hierarchical, reference counted memory pool system with
11       destructors. It is built atop the C standard library and it defines a
12       set of utility functions that altogether simplifies allocation and
13       deallocation of data, especially for complex structures that contain
14       many dynamically allocated elements such as strings and arrays.
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16       The main goals of this library are: removing the needs for creating a
17       cleanup function for every complex structure, providing a logical
18       organization of allocated memory blocks and reducing the likelihood of
19       creating memory leaks in long-running applications. All of this is
20       achieved by allocating memory in a hierarchical structure of talloc
21       contexts such that deallocating one context recursively frees all of
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Main features

25       · An open source project
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27       · A hierarchical memory model
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29       · Natural projection of data structures into the memory space
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31       · Simplifies memory management of large data structures
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33       · Automatic execution of a destructor before the memory is freed
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35       · Simulates a dynamic type system
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37       · Implements a transparent memory pool
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Table of contents:

40       Chapter 1: Talloc context
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42       Chapter 2: Stealing a context
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44       Chapter 3: Dynamic type system
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46       Chapter 4: Using destructors
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48       Chapter 5: Memory pools
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50       Chapter 6: Debugging
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52       Chapter 7: Best practises
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54       Chapter 8: Using threads with talloc
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