libtalloc_tutorial(3)						      talloc						     libtalloc_tutorial(3)

NAME

       libtalloc_tutorial - The Tutorial

Introduction
       Talloc is a hierarchical, reference counted memory pool system with destructors. It is built atop the C standard library and it defines a
       set of utility functions that altogether simplifies allocation and deallocation of data, especially for complex structures that contain
       many dynamically allocated elements such as strings and arrays.

       The main goals of this library are: removing the needs for creating a cleanup function for every complex structure, providing a logical
       organization of allocated memory blocks and reducing the likelihood of creating memory leaks in long-running applications. All of this is
       achieved by allocating memory in a hierarchical structure of talloc contexts such that deallocating one context recursively frees all of
       its descendants as well.

Main features
       o An open source project

       o A hierarchical memory model

       o Natural projection of data structures into the memory space

       o Simplifies memory management of large data structures

       o Automatic execution of a destructor before the memory is freed

       o Simulates a dynamic type system

       o Implements a transparent memory pool

Table of contents:
       Chapter 1: Talloc context

       Chapter 2: Stealing a context

       Chapter 3: Dynamic type system

       Chapter 4: Using destructors

       Chapter 5: Memory pools

       Chapter 6: Debugging

       Chapter 7: Best practises

Version 2.0							  Tue Jun 17 2014					     libtalloc_tutorial(3)