TIFFmemset

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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);
       tdata_t _TIFFrealloc(tdata_t, tsize_t);
       void _TIFFfree(tdata_t);
       void _TIFFmemset(tdata_t, int, tsize_t);
       void _TIFFmemcpy(tdata_t, const tdata_t, tsize_t);
       int _TIFFmemcmp(const tdata_t, const tdata_t, tsize_t);

DESCRIPTION
       These  routines	are  provided for writing portable software that uses
       libtiff; they hide any memory-management related issues, such as deal-
       ing 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	 rou-
       tines  conform  to the equivalent ANSI C routines: memset, memcpy, and
       memcmp, repsectively.

DIAGNOSTICS
       None.

SEE ALSO
       libtiff(3T), malloc(3C), memory(3C)



			       October 15, 1995			   MEMORY(3T)