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+/* 
+ * Memory arena ADT
+ * 
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * ***** BEGIN GPL/BL DUAL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version. The Blender
+ * Foundation also sells licenses for use in proprietary software under
+ * the Blender License.  See http://www.blender.org/BL/ for information
+ * about this.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+ *
+ * The Original Code is Copyright (C) 2001-2002 by NaN Holding BV.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * The Original Code is: all of this file.
+ *
+ * Contributor(s): none yet.
+ *
+ * ***** END GPL/BL DUAL LICENSE BLOCK *****
+ * 
+ * Memory arena's are commonly used when the program
+ * needs to quickly allocate lots of little bits of
+ * data, which are all freed at the same moment.
+ * 
+ */
+
+#ifndef BLI_MEMARENA_H
+#define BLI_MEMARENA_H
+
+	/* A reasonable standard buffer size, big
+	 * enough to not cause much internal fragmentation, 
+	 * small enough not to waste resources
+	 */
+#define BLI_MEMARENA_STD_BUFSIZE	4096
+
+struct MemArena;
+typedef struct MemArena MemArena;
+
+
+struct MemArena*	BLI_memarena_new	(int bufsize);
+void				BLI_memarena_free	(struct MemArena *ma);
+
+void*				BLI_memarena_alloc	(struct MemArena *ma, int size);
+
+#endif