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diff --git a/doc/tutorial_introduction.dox b/doc/tutorial_introduction.dox new file mode 100644 index 0000000..418c38b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tutorial_introduction.dox @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +/** +@page libtalloc_tutorial The Tutorial +@section introduction Introduction + +Talloc is a hierarchical, reference counted memory pool system with destructors. +It is built atop the C standard library and it defines a set of utility +functions that altogether simplifies allocation and deallocation of data, +especially for complex structures that contain many dynamically allocated +elements such as strings and arrays. + +The main goals of this library are: removing the needs for creating a cleanup +function for every complex structure, providing a logical organization of +allocated memory blocks and reducing the likelihood of creating memory leaks in +long-running applications. All of this is achieved by allocating memory in a +hierarchical structure of talloc contexts such that deallocating one context +recursively frees all of its descendants as well. + +@section main-features Main features +- An open source project +- A hierarchical memory model +- Natural projection of data structures into the memory space +- Simplifies memory management of large data structures +- Automatic execution of a destructor before the memory is freed +- Simulates a dynamic type system +- Implements a transparent memory pool + +@section toc Table of contents: + +@subpage libtalloc_context + +@subpage libtalloc_stealing + +@subpage libtalloc_dts + +@subpage libtalloc_destructors + +@subpage libtalloc_pools + +@subpage libtalloc_debugging + +@subpage libtalloc_bestpractices + +@subpage libtalloc_threads + +*/ |