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March 6, 2015 19:28
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Auto-allocated strings
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#include <stdlib.h> | |
#include <string.h> | |
#ifdef AAS_STRICT | |
typedef struct { char a; } *aas_t; | |
#else | |
typedef char *aas_t; | |
#endif | |
#define AAS_DYNAMIC 'D' | |
#define AAS_STATIC 'S' | |
#define AAS_STATIC_PREFIX "S" | |
#define AAS_CONST_STR(str) ((aas_t) ((AAS_STATIC_PREFIX str) + 1)) | |
aas_t aas_allocate(size_t count) { | |
char* buffer = malloc(count + 2); | |
if(buffer == NULL) | |
return NULL; | |
*buffer = AAS_DYNAMIC; | |
return (aas_t) buffer + 1; | |
} | |
void aas_free(aas_t aas) { | |
if(aas != NULL) { | |
char* buffer = ((char*) aas) - 1; | |
if(*buffer == AAS_DYNAMIC) { | |
free(buffer); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
int main() { | |
char* s1 = AAS_CONST_STR("test1"); | |
char* s2 = aas_allocate(10); | |
strcpy(s2, "test2"); | |
aas_free(s1); | |
aas_free(s2); | |
} |
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