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Nim/lib/pure/collections/baseutils.nim
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#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
## Useful Constants
const NULL* = 0
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
## Memory Utility Functions
proc newHeap*[T](): ptr T =
result = cast[ptr T](alloc0(sizeof(T)))
proc copyNew*[T](x: var T): ptr T =
var
size = sizeof(T)
mem = alloc(size)
copyMem(mem, x.addr, size)
return cast[ptr T](mem)
proc copyTo*[T](val: var T, dest: int) =
copyMem(pointer(dest), val.addr, sizeof(T))
proc allocType*[T](): pointer = alloc(sizeof(T))
proc newShared*[T](): ptr T =
result = cast[ptr T](allocShared0(sizeof(T)))
proc copyShared*[T](x: var T): ptr T =
var
size = sizeof(T)
mem = allocShared(size)
copyMem(mem, x.addr, size)
return cast[ptr T](mem)
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
## Pointer arithmetic
proc `+`*(p: pointer, i: int): pointer {.inline.} =
cast[pointer](cast[int](p) + i)