MEMORY(3T)

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 dealing with segmented architectures found
       on 16-bit machines.

       _TIFFmalloc and _TIFFrealloc are used to dynamically allo-
       cate 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
       libtiff(3T) malloc(3C) memory(3C)