TIFFmemory(3TIFF)

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 size);
     tdata_t _TIFFrealloc(tdata_t buffer, tsize_t size);
     void _TIFFfree(tdata_t buffer);
     void _TIFFmemset(tdata_t s, int c, tsize_t n
     void _TIFFmemcpy(tdata_t dest, const tdata_t src, tsize_t n
     int _TIFFmemcmp(const tdata_t s1, const tdata_t s2, tsize_t n

DESCRIPTION
     These routines are provided for writing portable software that uses
     libtiff; they hide any memory-management related issues, such as dealing
     with segmented architectures found on 16-bit machines.

     _TIFFmalloc and _TIFFrealloc are used to dynamically allocate and
     reallocate memory used by libtiff; such as memory passed into the I/O
     routines. 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 routines
     conform to the equivalent ANSI C routines: memset, memcpy, and memcmp,
     repsectively.

DIAGNOSTICS
     None.

SEE ALSO
     malloc(3), memory(3), libtiff(3TIFF)

     Libtiff library home page:  http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/