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why2_set_memory_identifier

Parameters

Identifier Data type
new_memory_identifier char *

Attributes

Return type void
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Added in commit 70335e67ad3e7ef3bc693741a03cb91962b91863

Description

Sets string, which is used in garbage collector for identifying (separating) nodes.

Every allocation has its own ID, which is set to lastly used memory_identifier. This separates allocations in code to blocks and you can run GC with the memory_identifier to deallocate those blocks.