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/**
 * slibc — Yet another C library
 * Copyright © 2015  Mattias Andrée (maandree@member.fsf.org)
 * 
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
#ifndef _STDLIB_H
#define _STDLIB_H
#include <slibc/version.h>


#include <slibc/features.h>



#define __NEED_size_t
#define __NEED_wchar_t
#define __NEED_div_t /* TODO not defined */
#define __NEED_ldiv_t /* TODO not defined */
#define __NEED_lldiv_t /* TODO not defined */

#include <bits/types.h>


/**
 * `NULL`'s canonical header is <stddef.h>
 */
#ifndef NULL
# define NULL  ((void*)0)
#define



/**
 * Create a new memory allocation on the heap.
 * The allocation will not be initialised.
 * 
 * @param   size  The size of the allocation.
 * @return        Pointer to the beginning of the new allocation.
 *                If `size` is zero, this function will either return
 *                `NULL` (that is what this implement does) or return
 *                a unique pointer that can later be freed with `free`.
 *                `NULL` is returned on error, and `errno` is set to
 *                indicate the error.
 * 
 * @throws  ENOMEM  The process cannot allocate more memory.
 */
void* malloc(size_t)
  __GCC_ONLY(__attribute__((malloc, warn_unused_result)));

/**
 * Variant of `malloc` that clears the allocation with zeroes.
 * 
 * `p = calloc(n, m)` is equivalent to
 * `(p = malloc(n * m), p ? (explicit_bzero(p, n * m), p) : NULL)`
 * 
 * @param   elem_count  The number of elements to allocate.
 * @param   elem_size   The size of each element.
 * @return              Pointer to the beginning of the new allocation.
 *                      If `elem_count` or `elem_size` is zero, this function
 *                      will either return `NULL` (that is what this implement
 *                      does) or return a unique pointer that can later be
 *                      freed with `free`. `NULL` is returned on error, and
 *                      `errno` is set to indicate the error.
 * 
 * @throws  ENOMEM  The process cannot allocate more memory.
 */
void* calloc(size_t, size_t)
  __GCC_ONLY(__attribute__((malloc, warn_unused_result)));

/**
 * Variant of `malloc` that extends, or shrinks, an existing allocation,
 * if beneficial and possible, or creates a new allocation with the new
 * size, copies the data, and frees the old allocation.
 * 
 * On error, `ptr` is not freed.
 * 
 * @param   ptr   Pointer to the beginning of the old memory allocation.
 *                The process may crash if it does not point to the
 *                beginning of a memory allocation on the heap.
 *                However, if it is `NULL`, this function will behave
 *                like `malloc`.
 * @param   size  The new allocation size. If zero, this function will
 *                behave like `free`, and will return `NULL`.
 * @return        Pointer to the beginning of the new allocation.
 *                If `size` is zero, `NULL` is returned. On error `NULL`
 *                is returned and `errno` is set to indicate the error.
 * 
 * @throws  ENOMEM  The process cannot allocate more memory.
 */
void* realloc(void*, size_t)
   __GCC_ONLY(__attribute__((warn_unused_result)))
   __slibc_warning("Use 'fast_realloc', 'secure_realloc' or 'crealloc' instead.");

/**
 * Free a memory allocation.
 * 
 * @param  ptr  Pointer to the beginning of the memory allocation.
 *              The process may crash if it does not point to the
 *              beginning of a memory allocation on the heap.
 *              However, if it is `NULL`, nothing will happen.
 */
void free(void*) __slibc_warning("Use 'fast_free' or 'secure_free' instead.");

/**
 * This function is identical to `free`.
 * Any argument beyond the first argument, is ignored.
 * 
 * This function uses variadic arguments because there
 * there are multiple conflicting specifications for `cfree`.
 * 
 * @param  ptr  Pointer to the beginning of the memory allocation.
 *              The process may crash if it does not point to the
 *              beginning of a memory allocation on the heap.
 *              However, if it is `NULL`, nothing will happen.
 */
#ifndef _PORTABLE_SOURCE
void cfree(void*, ...) __deprecated("'cfree' is deprecated and not portable, use 'free' instead.");
#endif



#endif