AUTFREEHEAP(3) AUT FUNCTIONS AUTFREEHEAP(3)
NAME
autfreeheap - releases a memory block, and put it on the heap.
ORIGIN
This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite Pierre et Marie CURIE, in
Paris, France.
Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/
E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr
SYNOPSYS
#include "aut101.h"
void autfreeheap( Pointer, Size )
char *Pointer;
unsigned int Size;
PARAMETERS
Pointer Pointer to be given back to the heap.
Size Size of the block previously allocated by autallocheap.
DESCRIPTION
autfreeheap frees a pointer and puts the block back to the heap. Its use is necessary to free memory blocks, previously allocated by
autallocheap.
RETURN VALUE
autfreeheap returns nothing.
EXAMPLE
#include "aut101.h"
typedef struct bipointer
{
struct bipointer *NEXT;
void *DATA;
} bipointer;
bipointer *addbipointer( Data );
void *Data;
{
bipointer *Bp = (bipointer *)autallocheap( sizeof( bipointer ) );
Bp->DATA = Data;
return Bp;
}
void delbipointer( Bp );
bipointer *Bp;
{
autfreeheap( Pointer, sizeof( bipointer ) );
}
SEE ALSO
aut(1), autresizeblock(3), autallocheap(3), autallocblock(3), autfreeblock(3).
BUG REPORT
This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory.
We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.
ASIM
/LIP6 October 1, 1997 AUTFREEHEAP(3)