TIFFfree

MEMORY(3T)                                                          MEMORY(3T)



NAME
       _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);

DESCRIPTION
       These  routines  are  provided  for writing portable software that uses
       libtiff; they hide any memory-management related issues, such as  deal-
       ing 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 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  rou-
       tines  conform  to  the equivalent ANSI C routines: memset, memcpy, and
       memcmp, repsectively.

DIAGNOSTICS
       None.

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



                               October 15, 1995                     MEMORY(3T)