Vertica::VTAllocator Class Reference

A pool-based allocator that is provided to simplify memory management for UDF implementors. More...

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Public Member Functions
virtual void *	alloc (size_t size)=0

Detailed Description

A pool-based allocator that is provided to simplify memory management for UDF implementors.

Member Function Documentation

virtual void* Vertica::VTAllocator::alloc ( size_t  size )

pure virtual

Allocate size_t bytes of memory on a pool. This memory is guaranteed to persist beyond the destroy call but might have been destroyed when the dtor is run.

Referenced by Vertica::ParamWriter::setAllocator(), and Vertica::NodeSpecifyingPlanContext::setTargetNodes().