NAME

       Tcl_DumpActiveMemory, Tcl_InitMemory, Tcl_ValidateAllMemory - Validated memory allocation interface.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <tcl.h>

       int
       Tcl_DumpActiveMemory(fileName)

       void
       Tcl_InitMemory(interp)

       void
       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 ckalloc 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 ckalloc and ckfree are called.  This function forces the validation
       to occur at any point.

SEE ALSO

       TCL_MEM_DEBUG, memory

KEYWORDS

       memory, debug