Memory allocation
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 |