yage.core.freelist

class FreeList (T);

A class to allow fast allocations / de-allocations, using a free list. This can be several times faster than new and delete. Inherit from this class and instantiate it as the same type as the class it's used in.

Example:

 class Node : FreeList!(Node)
 { ...
 }
 Node a = Node.allocate();  // Pull from the freelist if available or allocate a new one if not.
 Node.free(a);              // a is placed on the global freelist ready for the next allocation.

T allocate ();

Used to quickly allocate a new type T. Note that the values of the new type T will contain memory garbage and needs to be set.

void free (T[] args...);

Place one or more type T back on a free list for the next allocation.