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NAME

       Tcl_DumpActiveMemory, Tcl_InitMemory, Tcl_ValidateAllMemory - Validated memory allocation interface

SYNOPSIS

       #include <tcl.h>

       int
       Tcl_DumpActiveMemory(fileName)

       Tcl_InitMemory(interp)

       Tcl_ValidateAllMemory(fileName, line)

ARGUMENTS

       Tcl_Interp *interp (in)            Tcl interpreter in which to add commands.

       const char *fileName (in)          For Tcl_DumpActiveMemory, name of the file to which memory information
                                          will  be  written.   For  Tcl_ValidateAllMemory, name of the file from
                                          which the call is being made (normally __FILE__).

       int line (in)                      Line number  at  which  the  call  to  Tcl_ValidateAllMemory  is  made
                                          (normally __LINE__).
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DESCRIPTION

       These  functions  provide  access to Tcl memory debugging information.  They are only functional when Tcl
       has been compiled with TCL_MEM_DEBUG defined at compile-time.  When TCL_MEM_DEBUG is not  defined,  these
       functions are all no-ops.

       Tcl_DumpActiveMemory  will  output  a  list of all currently allocated memory to the specified file.  The
       information output for each allocated block of memory is:  starting and ending addresses (excluding guard
       zone), size, source file where Tcl_Alloc was called to allocate the block and line number in  that  file.
       It is especially useful to call Tcl_DumpActiveMemory after the Tcl interpreter has been deleted.

       Tcl_InitMemory  adds the Tcl memory command to the interpreter given by interp.  Tcl_InitMemory is called
       by Tcl_Main.

       Tcl_ValidateAllMemory forces a validation of the guard zones of all currently allocated blocks of memory.
       Normally validation of a block occurs when its freed, unless full validation is enabled,  in  which  case
       validation  of  all  blocks  occurs  when  Tcl_Alloc  and  Tcl_Free are called.  This function forces the
       validation to occur at any point.

SEE ALSO

       TCL_MEM_DEBUG, memory

KEYWORDS

       memory, debug

Tcl                                                    8.1                            Tcl_DumpActiveMemory(3tcl)