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/**
 * @file
 * Memory pools.  Rather than more complicated garbage collection methods like
 * reference counting, objects are allocated out of pools which are freed all at
 * once once a scene is rendered (for example).
 */

#include <stddef.h> /* For size_t */

/* Forward-declare dmnsn_pool. */
typedef struct dmnsn_pool dmnsn_pool;

/**
 * Create a new memory pool.
 * @return The new pool.
 */
dmnsn_pool *dmnsn_new_pool(void);

/**
 * Allocate some memory from a pool.
 * @param[in] pool  The memory pool to allocate from.
 * @param[in] size  The size of the memory block to allocate.
 * @param[in] callback  An optional callback to invoke before the memory is freed.
 * @return The allocated memory area.
 */
void *dmnsn_pool_alloc(dmnsn_pool *pool, size_t size, dmnsn_callback_fn *callback);

/**
 * Allocate some memory from a pool.
 * @param[in] pool  The memory pool to allocate from.
 * @param[in] type  The type of the memory block to allocate.
 * @return The allocated memory area.
 */
#define DMNSN_POOL_ALLOC(pool, type) ((type *)dmnsn_pool_alloc((pool), sizeof(type), NULL))

/**
 * Free a memory pool and all associated allocations.
 * @param[in] pool  The memory pool to free.
 */
void dmnsn_delete_pool(dmnsn_pool *pool);