Pool Allocator

#import "std/pool"

Pool allocator is simple growing allocator grouping all allocated memory into memory blocks of POOL_DEFAULT_SIZE bytes by default.

Supported Operations

- [x] Allocate
- [-] Reallocate (Always allocates and copy data into a new block.)
- [-] Free (Keeps memory for later use.)
- [x] Release
- [x] Reset

In case there is no space left in the current block new one is allocated.
Allocated data remains valid until the reset or release is called.
If required allocation size is greater then the current block size, the new block is allocated with size N * current_block_size where N is the minimum multiplier needed to store the required data size.
The pool allocator never frees data when free is called, you should call reset instead when all previously allocated data can be freed.
All preallocated blocks are kept (even after the reset is called) for later use.

Note: This allocator is used as a default temporary allocator in the application context.

POOL_DEFAULT_SIZE

POOL_DEFAULT_SIZE : usize : 65536

File: pool.bl

PoolAllocator

PoolAllocator :: struct #base Allocator {
    block_size: usize;
    allocator: *Allocator;
    used_blocks: [..]*u8;
    unused_blocks: [..]*u8;
    obsolete_blocks: [..]*u8;
    current_block: *u8;
    top: *u8;
    space: usize;
}

Pool allocator type.

Members

block_size - Size of the current block.
allocator - Base allocator used to allocate block memory.

File: pool.bl

pool_default

pool_default ::

Default pool allocator instance using the current allocator in application context and POOL_DEFAULT_SIZE.

File: pool.bl

pool_make

pool_make :: fn (allocator : *Allocator: null, block_size :: POOL_DEFAULT_SIZE) PoolAllocator #inline

Make new pool allocator instance. The allocator is the allocator used internally to allocate block memory. The block_size is size of each preallocated block in Bytes (note that the block size can grow over time when bigger continuous memory allocations are required).

File: pool.bl

pool_release

Warning: Function is marked as obsolete. Since 0.13.0; Use release_allocator instead.

pool_release :: fn (pool: *PoolAllocator)

Release all allocated memory used by pool (allocated in pool.allocator).

File: pool.bl

pool_reset

Warning: Function is marked as obsolete. Since 0.13.0; Use reset_allocator instead.

pool_reset :: fn (pool: *PoolAllocator)  #inline

Invalidate all allocations but keep preallocated memory block for later use.

File: pool.bl