Minimalist garbage collector in C language
- Clone this repo using
git clone https://github.com/rmarracc/simple_garbage
- Simply build the library with
makein the cloned folder
- Link your program with the following flags :
-L [library_folder]/ -lgarbage
- At the beginning of your program, declare a t_garbage type variable
- Then, directly execute the function
ginitwith the t_garbage address on parameter ginitreturns a NULL pointer if the memory allocation fails, else it returns the t_garbage address- Replace all your program
malloccalls withgmalloc, which additionaly take the t_garbage address gmalloc, as the malloc function does, return a NULL pointer if the memory allocation fails- Before exiting your program, execute
gfreeto free all your malloc'ed pointers and the garbage collector itself
- void *gmalloc(t_garbage *gc, size_t size);
- void *ginit(t_garbage *gc);
- void *gextend(t_garbage *gc);
- void gfree(t_garbage *gc);
- The
gextendfunction extends the garbage collector size, the function is called by gmalloc if the maximum size of the t_garbage is reached, so you don't need to use it - This is a lazy solution to free all your allocated memory, you can also declare a global t_garbage and use the macros
#define malloc(x) gmalloc(address, x)and#define free(x) gfree(address), but it causes performance loss since the garbage collector store all the addresses in a inner array - This library handles every allocation errors, please post an issue if you notice an unexpected error or a crash caused by my library