Class CrtAllocator

The default implementation of the memory allocator using traditional ANSI allocation API under the hood (malloc/free).

Inheritance

CrtAllocator

Assembly: FlaxEngine.dll

File: Engine/Core/Memory/CrtAllocator.h

Syntax

public class CrtAllocator

Methods

Allocate(uint64 size, uint64 alignment=16)

Allocates memory on a specified alignment boundary.

Declaration

public static void* Allocate(uint64 size, uint64 alignment=16)

Parameters

uint64 size The size of the allocation (in bytes).

uint64 alignment The memory alignment (in bytes). Must be an integer power of 2.

Returns

void The pointer to the allocated chunk of the memory. The pointer is a multiple of alignment.

Free(void* ptr)

Frees a block of allocated memory.

Declaration

public static void Free(void* ptr)

Parameters

void ptr A pointer to the memory block to deallocate.

Returns

void

Name()

Gets the name of the allocator.

Declaration

public static Char* Name()

Returns

Char The name.