Memory Allocation (original) (raw)
These routines allocate, free, and reallocate memory.
Memory-allocation routines
| Routine | Use |
|---|---|
| _alloca, _malloca | Allocate memory from the stack |
| calloc | Allocate an array and initialize its elements to 0 (zero) |
| _calloc_dbg | Debug version of calloc. Only available in the debug versions of the run-time libraries |
| operator delete, operator delete[] | Free memory allocated on the heap |
| _expand | Expand or shrink a block of memory without moving it |
| _expand_dbg | Debug version of _expand. Only available in the debug versions of the run-time libraries |
| free | Free memory allocated on the heap |
| _free_dbg | Debug version of free. Only available in the debug versions of the run-time libraries |
| _freea | Free memory allocated on the stack |
| _get_heap_handle | Get a Win32 HANDLE to the C runtime (CRT) heap. |
| _heapadd | Add memory to the heap |
| _heapchk | Check the heap for consistency |
| _heapmin | Release unused memory in the heap |
| _heapset | Fill free heap entries with a value |
| _heapwalk | Get info about each entry in the heap |
| malloc | Allocate memory from the heap |
| _malloc_dbg | Debug version of malloc; only available in the debug versions of the run-time libraries |
| _msize | Return the size of an allocated block of memory |
| _msize_dbg | Debug version of _msize; only available in the debug versions of the run-time libraries |
| new, new[] | Allocate a block of memory from the heap |
| _query_new_handler | Get the address of the current new handler routine set by _set_new_handler |
| _query_new_mode | Get the new handler mode set by _set_new_mode for malloc |
| realloc | Reallocate a block to a new size |
| _realloc_dbg | Debug version of realloc; only available in the debug versions of the run-time libraries |
| _set_new_handler | Enable error-handling mechanism when the new operator fails to allocate memory, and enable compilation of the C++ Standard Libraries |
| _set_new_mode | Set the new handler mode for malloc |